4-22-22
A CHURCH POINT MAN, WHO LOST HIS MOBILE HOME TO A FIRE YESTERDAY, SAYS IT WAS STARTED INTENTIONALLY. NATHAN JOUBERT SAYS HE RENTED THE HOME IN THE THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF SAINT STEPHEN STREET TO A MOTHER AND HER SON. HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOME AND WENT IN TO SEE A SOFA ON FIRE, WHICH HE TRIED TO PUT OUT WITH A HOSE, BUT THE FLAMES GREW TOO QUICKLY. JOUBERT SAYS HE TALKED TO THE MOM WHO TOLD HIM HER SON HAD SAID HE WOULD BURN DOWN THE TRAILER BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T GIVE HIM TEN DOLLARS.
A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A DEPUTY-INVOLVED SHOOTING THURSDAY MORNING IN LAFAYETTE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is predicting the Legislature will be able to raise state teacher pay by $2,000 a year before the current session ends in June. Edwards remarks Thursday came as the state House wrapped up work on the $38 billion proposed operating budget that has $1,500 raises for teachers. Edwards said he’s pleased that many of his budget proposals have survived during House debate on budget legislation. But he added that he hopes to work with the Senate to restore money for increases in state supplemental pay for local police and firefighters.
A FEDERAL INMATE IN OAKDALE WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY FOR SENDING HOAX LETTERS TO U-S SENATE OFFICE BOXES IN TWENTY-SIXTEEN. FIFTY-YEAR-OLD CLIFTON LAMAR DODD WAS SENTENCED TO TWENTY-ONE MONTHS IN PRISON FOLLOWED BY THREE YEARS SUPERVISED RELEASE. FOUR LETTERS WERE SENT TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE MAIL FACILITY CONTAINING A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE THAT WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE TALCUM POWDER. EACH ENVELOPE HAD A RETURN ADDRESS TO THE FEDERAL PRISON IN OAKDALE, WITH A DIFFERENT INMATE’S NAME ON EACH ONE.
A SUSPECT IN AN ARMED ROBBERY AND A SEPARATE SHOOTING IN NEW IBERIA OVER THE WEEKEND HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, RICKEY RASHAWN THIBODEAUX JUNIOR WAS BOOKED INTO THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL ON NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ARMED ROBBERY. THIBODEAUX ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED THE ARMED ROBBERY SATURDAY IN A PARKING LOT IN THE SIX HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST ADMIRAL DOYLE. ON SUNDAY MORNING, HE’S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A MAN IN THE HEAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH HOPKINS AND FIELD STREET.
A LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCILMAN IS HOSTING A TOWN HALL TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF HEYMANN PARK. GLENN LAZARD SAYS UPDATES ON FUTURE PARK IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE DISCUSSED AND HE WILL SOLICIT INPUT AS THESE DEVELOPMENTS TAKE SHAPE. THE MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND LAZARD DESIRES CITIZEN INPUT ON THE PLANS. THE MEETING TAKES PLACE MONDAY NIGHT AT SIX IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE HEYMANN RECREATION CENTER, LOCATED AT FIFTEEN HUNDRED SOUTH ORANGE STREET.
Police in Alabama say they’ve arrested two people accused of breaking into a New Orleans-area estate belonging to Louisiana’s lieutenant governor, stealing from it and setting a fire. Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser tells news outlets robbers smashed antique china and stole rare coins and sports and political memorabilia — and took a dump truck from across the street. Police in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, tell reporters they arrested Robert Kelly and Angela Goodfellow, both 43, after getting word that a Jeep allegedly used in the theft was in the area. Nungesser’s property is about 30 miles from New Orleans in Plaquemines Parish.
ABBEVILLE POLICE HAVE SECURED FELONY WARRANTS FOR JAYLIN VENEY OF ABBEVILLE FOR HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED APRIL NINTH. VENEY IS WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON. THE TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD VENEY IS BLACK, FIVE-NINE, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. IF YOU KNOW HIS WHEREABOUTS, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-FOUR-ZERO-TIPS.
