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4-19-21

WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS AT THE CAPSIZED LIFT BOAT AT PORT FOURCHON.  HERE’S CAROLINE MARCELLO.

 

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THE SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT THANKED THE PUBLIC FOR HELPING THEM TO ARREST TWO PEOPLE INVOLVED IN A THEFT AT THE HIGHWAY THIRTY-ONE TRUCK STOP CASINO SATURDAY NIGHT.  THEY RELEASED PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECTS ON FACEBOOK AND, BECAUSE OF TIPS, WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE TWO.  POLICE SAY THE PROPERTY STOLEN WAS RECOVERED AND RETURNED TO ITS OWNER.  DETAILS ABOUT THE CRIME AND THE IDENTITIES OF THE SUSPECTS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.

 

THE SULPHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING A SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT CAIN AND LAURENT STREETS.  THE SUSPECT, A BLACK MALE WEARING A WHITE AND BLACK STRIPED HOODIE, JEANS AND A DARK MASK, REPORTEDLY GOT OUT OF A WHITE DODGE CHARGER AND FIRED SHOTS AT TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE WALKING. ONE OF THE TWO HAD A GUN AND RETURNED FIRE, WHICH LED THE SUSPECT TO FLEE IN THE CHARGER.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SULPHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

 

Louisiana would set up a statewide accountability system to grade the condition of its community water systems if lawmakers pass a bill that has started advancing in the state Senate. The proposal is sponsored by Senate Health and Welfare Chairman Fred Mills. It would task the Louisiana Department of Health with developing the grading system, which would include grades of A through F.  Any community water system that receives a D or F grade could be subject to corrective measures such as takeover and would have to submit improvement plans to the health department.

 

FOUR LAFAYETTE FAMILIES WERE DISPLACED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BY AN APARTMENT FIRE.  IT HAPPENED AT AROUND ONE P-M AT AN APARTMENT LOCATED IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF NINTH STREET.  FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON ALTON TRAHAN SAYS THE FIRE WAS STARTED IN ONE OF THE UPSTAIRS UNITS WHEN A POT OF POTPOURRI ON A STOVE TOP BURNER CAUGHT FIRE AND SPREAD TO COMBUSTIBLE ITEMS.  THREE OTHER APARTMENTS SUSTAINED DAMAGE MAINLY FROM WATER.

 

L-S-U STUDENT KORI GAUTHIER FROM OPELOUSAS DIED FROM DROWNING, ACCORDING TO A PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.  GAUTHIER WAS REPORTED MISSING MORE THAN A WEEK AGO WHEN HER CAR WAS FOUND EMPTY ON A MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING.   ON TUESDAY A BODY WAS FOUND IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR RESERVE AND IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS GAUTHIER’S BODY ON WEDNESDAY.  THE CORONER SAYS AN AUTOPSY REPORT WILL BE COMPLETED ONCE ADDITIONAL TESTING IS DONE, WHICH TYPICALLY TAKES FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS.

 

THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD SAYS THEY WILL TAKE ACTION ON A BULLYING INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED APRIL EIGHTH AT SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL.  BLAKE TAYLOR, A JUNIOR, WHO SAYS HE HAS ENDURED BULLYING FOR YEARS, WAS HIT BY STUDENTS WITH BROOM STICKS EIGHTEEN TIMES BECAUSE IT WAS HIS EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY.  THE INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO AND SHARED ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA.  TAYLOR, WHO NOW HAS A BRACE ON HIS ARM BECAUSE OF THE ABUSE, SAYS HE HAS GAINED SUPPORT AFTER THE INCIDENT AND NOW HE WANTS TO BE THE VOICE FOR THOSE TOO AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.

 

AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH OF TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JAMES JOSEPH JUNIOR OF ABBEVILLE.  ON APRIL NINTH, JOSEPH WAS SHOT IN THE NINE HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST LAFAYETTE STREET.  JORDAN TYLER MATTHEWS WAS CHARGED WITH PRINCIPAL TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND IS IN CUSTODY.  ABBEVILLE POLICE ARE CONTINUING WITH THE INVESTIGATION AND EXPECT TO MAKE MORE ARRESTS.