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MORE THAN A FOOT OF RAIN FELL IN THE CITY OF RAYNE FROM SATURDAY TO MONDAY. MAYOR CHUCK ROBICHAUX SAYS SOME BUSINESSES WERE AFFECTED, BUT MOST OF THE IMPACT FROM FLOODING WAS FELT BY HOMEOWNERS. HE ESTIMATES AROUND THIRTY PERCENT OF HOMES IN RAYNE HAD SOME KIND OF WATER INTRUSION. ROBICHAUX SAYS THE CITY’S DRAINAGE SYSTEM WAS OVERWHELMED, CAUSING WATER TO ENTER MANY HOMES.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ASSISTED BY LAFAYETTE PARISH DEPUTIES MANAGED TO CAPTURE A TEENAGER WHO ESCAPED FROM A JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER. THE TEEN STOLE A SIDE-BY-SIDE AND WAS PURSUED BY AUTHORITIES MONDAY IN A LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CHASE ENDED NEAR CAMELLIA BOULEVARD AND ACADEMY ROAD, WHERE THE TEEN ABANDONED THE SIDE-BY-SIDE AND FLED ON FOOT. POLICE EVENTUALLY GOT THE TEEN BACK INTO CUSTODY.
AN IOWA MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK FOR THE THEFT OF FOUR DIRT BIKES AND THE ATTEMPTED THEFT OF A FOUR-WHEELER. THE THEFTS HAPPENED AT A BUSINESS ON KIRKMAN STREET IN LAKE CHARLES. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JAQUAILEEN VICTORIAN WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SUSPECT WHEN HE WAS SEEN RIDING ONE OF THE STOLEN DIRT BIKES IN THE IOWA AREA. HE WAS ALSO SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO IN THE AREA ON THE NIGHT THE BURGLARY OCCURRED.
VOTER TURNOUT IN LAST SATURDAY’S ELECTION WAS HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. THE LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE REPORTS THAT, UNOFFICIALLY, THE TURNOUT WAS TWENTY-ONE PERCENT. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY WAS HEARD SAYING AT THE WHITE HOUSE RECENTLY THAT HE EXPECTED THE TURNOUT TO BE BETWEEN TWELVE AND EIGHTEEN PERCENT. ALL FOUR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS FAILED BY SIGNIFICANT MARGINS AND POLLSTER SILAS LEE CREDITS THE WORK OF THE OPPOSITION AND A LACK OF CLARITY ON THE AMENDMENTS.
AN OPELOUSAS WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER A WOMAN DIED OF A FENTANYL OVERDOSE. THE VICTIM WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE LAST AUGUST IN AN APARTMENT ON LEMOINE DRIVE IN OPELOUSAS AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR RAKETIA NICOLE TYLER OF OPELOUSAS FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND SHE WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY. SHE ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED TO SUPPLYING THE DRUGS TO THE VICTIM ON THE NIGHT OF HER DEATH.
A BROUSSARD MAN IS FACING DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES AFTER A HOME SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH A YOUNG FAMILY MEMBER. OFFICIALS SAY THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN MARCHIE REPORTEDLY CONFESSED TO THE CHARGES. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE CALCASIEU PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF SEXUAL BATTERY OF A JUVENILE UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN. AN INVESTIGATION WAS STARTED AFTER THE VICTIM TOLD AUTHORITIES ABOUT THE ABUSE.
A LAFAYETTE MAN, WHO STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN SUNDAY IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH, WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL ABOVE THE LEGAL LIMIT. THE VICTIM WAS FORTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD BRAD MADERE (MAW dray) OF SAINT MARTINVILLE, WHO WAS WALKING ALONG L-A HIGHWAY THREE-FIFTY-THREE. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION FOUND FIFTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD TROY ALFRED TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID HITTING MADERE, WHO ENTERED INTO HIS LANE, BUT HE WAS STRUCK AND KILLED. ALFRED WAS PROCESSED INTO THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON CHARGES OF DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED AND OBSTRUCTED VIEW THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD.
