4-15-24
AUTHORITIES IN BROUSSARD ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMOCIDE AFTER A WOMAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON SUNDAY. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED VILLE PLATTE ALDERWOMAN CHRISTINA SAM ON THIRTY-SIX COUNTS RELATED TO ELECTION FRAUD. THE LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS SAM ALLEGEDLY HAD PEOPLE AGREE TO VOTE FOR HER IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO BY CHANGING THEIR ADDRESS TO HER DISTRICT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF VOTING FOR HER. SAM HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INDICTED FOR ELECTION FRAUD BY THE EVANGELINE PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BUT THOSE CHARGES WERE DROPPED IN SEPTEMBER. SAM WILL BE ARRAIGNED IN THE COMING WEEKS.
THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS WARNING ABOUT THE POSSIBLITY OF FLOODING IN THE PARISH DUE TO SPILLWAY GATES BEING OPENED AT THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. CHIEF DEPUTY STITCH GUILLORY SAYS SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY BEEN EFFECTED WITH MINOR FLOODING INCLUDING SEVERAL ROADS IN STARKS. HE SAYS THEY HAVE HIGH WATER VEHICLES AND BOATS ON STANDBY IN CASE THEY RECEIVE ANY FLOOD-RELATED CALLS. IF ANYONE FINDS THEMSELVES NEEDING TO BE EVACUATED, THEY SHOULD CALL THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
EARLY VOTING FOR THE MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION RESUMES TODAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A DUSON MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER THREE PEOPLE WERE FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN LAFAYETTE FRIDAY. POLICE GOT A CALL ABOUT A WELFARE CHECK AT A HOME ON SOUTH COLLEGE ROAD AND, WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THREE DEAD BODIES. TWO OF THE VICTIMS WERE FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD BRANDON TOUCHET AND FORTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD ERIC GREEN OF LAFAYETTE, WHILE THE THIRD VICTIM HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED. A FIRST-DEGREE MURDER WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD CHAD CREDEUR, WHO IS CURRENTLY BEING DETAINED IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH ON UNRELATED CHARGES.
NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO RECENT SHOOTINGS. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY, POLICE FOUND A MAN IN THE FOURTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF EASY STREET WHO DIED FROM MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THE MAN’S NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE OTHER SHOOTING HAPPENED THURSDAY NIGHT AFTER NINE IN THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST WASHINGTON, WHERE A MAN WHO WAS SHOT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MODERATE INJURIES.
Donald Trump has given his support to embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana during a visit to the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Trump said Johnson was doing a “very good job” and the Republican presumptive presidential nominee called the efforts to oust the speaker “unfortunate.” Friday’s trip was a rite of passage as Johnson positions himself with the indicted ex-president. Johnson needs Trump to temper Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s threats to evict him from office.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED THAT FOUR TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN ACADIANA WHEN STORMS PASSED THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY. TWO OF THE TWISTERS HIT SAINT LANDRY PARISH. THE OTHER TWO WERE IN ACADIA PARISH AND JEFF DAVIS PARISH. ALL OF THE TORNADOES WERE RATED AT E-F-ONE, WHICH MEANS THEY HAD WINDS BETWEEN EIGHTY-SIX AND ONE HUNDRED TEN MILES AN HOUR.
