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THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING DAISY LYNN LANDRY OF LAFAYETTE IS GOING TO TRIAL ON MAY SEVENTH FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER. LANDRY DISAPPEARED IN LATE MAY OF LAST YEAR AND HER BODY HAS NEVER BEEN RECOVERED. LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE RELEASED FEW DETAILS INTO WHY THEY HAVE CHARGED MALIK DAVIS. HE HAS BEEN HELD IN THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A 250 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND EVER SINCE HIS ARREST AND INDICTMENT LAST YEAR.
AUTHORITIES BELIEVE ONE MAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THEFT OF PACKAGES FROM THE PORCHES OF HOMES IN SOUTH LAKE CHARLES. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS HAVE CAPTURED THE IMAGE OF THE MAN, WHO IS WEARING A HAT AND GLASSES, AND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN POSTING HIS IMAGE ON FACEBOOK IN HOPES OF CATCHING HIM. HE IS SUSPECTED OF STEALING MORE THAN TEN PACKAGES. CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS THREE POLICE REPORTS HAVE BEEN FILED SO FAR CONCERNING PACKAGE THEFTS, BUT THE SUSPECT HAS NOT BEEN FOUND YET.
IN VERMILLION PARISH, A MAN IS NOW IN CUSTODY AFTER A STANDOFF WITH POLICE THAT LASTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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The House is shooting down a proposal to redesign Louisiana’s recreational hunting and fishing licensing system. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries proposes to consolidate its licenses, to cut the number from 117 types of recreational hunting and fishing permits to 39. But what is being billed as a regulatory streamlining initiative also would raise fees on some people, depending on the type of license category a hunter or angler purchases. Rep. Jerome “Zee” Zeringue, the Houma Republican sponsoring the bill , couldn’t drum up the two-thirds support needed to pass the measure.
TOMORROW A HOUSE COMMITTEE WILL VOTE ON A PROPOSED STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE UNANIMOUS JURY VERDICTS IN FELONY CASES. CURRENTLY, LOUISIANA IS ONE OF TWO STATES THAT ALLOW GUILTY VERDICTS IF TEN OF THE 12 JURORS AGREE. A STUDY FOUND THAT FORTY PERCENT OF CONVICTIONS BY JURIES IN THE STATE INCLUDED ONE OR TWO HOLDOUTS. THE BILL HAS ALREADY CLEARED THE SENATE AND, IF IT IS APPROVED BY THE HOUSE, IT WOULD GO BEFORE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.
ON MAY 15TH, THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER PUTTING PROPERTY TAX INCREASES ON THE NOVEMBER SIXTH BALLOT. FOUR COUNCILMEN, WHO ARE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY THAT THEY WILL CONSIDER TWO NEW PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AND A TAX INCREASE FOR THE PARISH JAIL. IF VOTERS APPROVE THE NEW TAXES, IT WOULD MEAN MORE THAN 15 MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE ANNUALLY. UNDER STATE LAW, THE PARISH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.
THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS PUT THE KEVIN DAIGLE TRIAL PROCEEDINGS ON HOLD BECAUSE OF SEVERAL MOTIONS MADE BY THE DEFENSE. DAIGLE IS ACCUSED OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF STATE TROOPER STEVEN VINCENT IN 2015. SPECIAL PROSECUTOR RICK BRYANT SAYS THE DEFENSE FILED SEVEN MOTIONS LAST WEEK, WHICH UPSET HIM BECAUSE, HE SAYS, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED LONG AGO. ONE MOTION THE THIRD CIRCUIT IS CONSIDERING IS THE REMOVAL OF JUDGE GUY BRADBERRY FROM THE CASE BECAUSE HIS WIFE HAD WORKED WITH VINCENT’S WIFE IN JUVENILE COURT.
THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING AN EARLY MONDAY MORNING HOMOCIDE IN ARNAUDVILLE. A VEHICLE WAS FOUND IN A DITCH AND WHEN DEPUTIES APPROACHED, THEY DISCOVERED THE BODY OF THE DRIVER IN THE VEHICLE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HAD DIED FROM MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND WAS IDENTIFIED AS 23-YEAR-OLD BLAKE NARCISSE OF BREAUX BRIDGE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
