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AUTHORITIES IN IBERIA PARISH SAY A TWO VEHICLE CRASH YESTERDAY COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. THE CRASH HAPPENED IN THE AFTERNOON NEAR LAKE PEIGNEUR ROAD AND INVOLVED A TRUCK AND AN A-T-V. THE A-T-V GOT PINNED UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND CALLED IT A MIRACLE.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD FRIDAY AT FOUNTAIN MEMORIAL FOR ONE OF THE THREE KILLED IN A HOMOCIDE ON FRIDAY, APRIL TWELFTH. FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD BRANDON TOUCHET ONCE WORKED FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND HELPED PUT ON ITS ANNUAL GALA. THE SUSPECT IN THE TRIPLE HOMOCIDE, FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD CHAD CREDEUR OF DUSON, REMAINS IN THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH JAIL ON UNRELATED DRUG CHARGES. POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED A MOTIVE FOR THE KILLINGS.
EARLY VOTING FOR THE MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION ENDED OVER THE WEEKEND BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME DEADLINES TO KEEP IN MIND AHEAD OF SATURDAY’S ELECTION. SYVLIA MASTERS HAS THAT INFORMATION.
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A SPECIAL RECALL ELECTION IS TAKING PLACE THIS SATURDAY IN ELTON. IF THE RECALL FAILS, MAYOR KESIA LEMOINE WILL REMAIN IN OFFICE BUT IF IT SUCCEEDS, THE MAYOR PRO TEM WILL TAKE OVER. BACK IN JUNE, A RECALL PETITION WAS FILED BY A LOCAL PROPERTY OWNER OVER ALLEGED VOTER FRAUD, BUT IT FAILED IN AUGUST. AN ORGANIZATION FILED A SECOND RECALL PETITION A FEW MONTHS LATER AND IT GOT THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES TO FORCE THE SPECIAL ELECTION.
SOME JEANERETTE RESIDENTS ARE FRUSTRATED THAT FOUR PARKS WERE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE OVER CONCERNS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE. SENTELL EUGENE, A COMMUNITY LEADER, TOLD KLFY TV IT CAUGHT HER OFF-GUARD AS SHE HAD PLANNED AN EVENT AT BURLEIGH PARK ON SUNDAY, WHICH SHE WAS FORCED TO CANCEL. SHE WAS UPSET TO FIND A PARTY BEING HELD AT THE WARD EIGHT PARK AFTER BEING TOLD NO ONE COULD BE THERE. SHE SENT A MESSAGE TO CITY OFFICIALS THAT IF IT’S FOR ONE, IT HAS TO GO FOR ALL.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION OVER A VIDEO THAT ALLEGEDLY SHOWS A SCOTT POLICE LIEUTENANT CHOKING AN UNARMED BLACK MAN AT THE SCOTT BOUDIN FESTIVAL. ATTORNEYS SAY THE OFFICER WAS USING A CAROTID HOLD ON THE MAN. POLICE OFFICERS IN LOUISIANA ARE BANNED FROM USING THE HOLD UNLESS THEY OR ANOTHER PERSON IS AT RISK OF HARM. THE ATTORNEYS SAY THE MAN WAS OUTSIDE THE FAIRGROUNDS WAITING ON A FRIEND TO BRING HIM MONEY TO GET INTO THE FESTIVAL.
SIXTY-THREE MEN AND WOMEN ARRIVED AT THE LOUISIANA STATE POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A VILLE PLATTE ALDERWOMAN WAS ARRAIGNED FRIDAY AT THE EVANGELINE PARISH COURTHOUSE. CHRISTINA SAM PLED NOT GUILTY TO THIRTY-SIX COUNTS INVOLVING ELECTION FRAUD AND FORGERY. THE LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE OBTAINED AN INDICTMENT FROM A GRAND JURY IN EVANGELINE PARISH ON WEDNESDAY. SAM IS ALLEGED TO HAVE HAD PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO HER DISTRICT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF VOTING FOR HER IN THE NOVEMBER TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO ELECTION.
