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THE MAYOR OF DUSON HAD A HEART ATTACK SATURDAY DURING EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES. POLICE CHIEF KIP JUDICE SAYS MAYOR JOHNNY THIBODEAUX HAD THE HEART ATTACK WHILE PICKING UP LITTER. HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHERE TWO SEVERE BLOCKAGES WERE REMOVED FROM HIS HEART AND HE IS NOW RECOVERING IN THE I-C-U. MAYOR PRO-TEM CARROLL PEPPER IS HANDLING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS UNTIL THIBODEAUX RETURNS.
NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING ON WALTON STREET. POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING AT AROUND SIX-THIRTY YESTERDAY MORNING. A SHOOTING VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED IN A PRIVATE VEHICLE TO A HOSPITAL IN LAFAYETTE, WHERE HE IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION. TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD TAEKWON WILLIAMS WAS ARRESTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND POSSESSION OF A SCHEDULE ONE CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE.
A STUDENT AT F-K WHITE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LAKE CHARLES WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY MORNING FOR POSSESSING A WEAPON IN SCHOOL. THE FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN AIRSOFT GUN ALONG WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE, THREE-EIGHTY AMMUNITION AND ACCESSORIES FOR THE AIRSOFT GUN. INVESTIGATORS WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAY THAT AT NO TIME DID THE STUDENT MAKE THREATS. THE BOY WAS BOOKED INTO THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER ON A CHARGE OF CARRYING A DANGEROUS WEAPON BY A STUDENT ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.
REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR STEWART CATHEY IS SPONSORING A BILL THAT WOULD DRAMATICALLY SCALE BACK HEMP LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. CATHEY TELLS THE ADVOCATE THE LEGISLATURE UNKNOWINGLY GREENLIT A T-H-C MARKET IN WHICH GAS STATIONS, SMOKE SHOPS AND CANNABIS STORES SELL PRODUCTS THAT GETS USERS HIGH. HIS LEGISLATION WOULD REDUCE THE T-H-C LIMITS TO TWO MILLIGRAMS PER PACKAGE, DOWN FROM THE CURRENT LIMIT OF EIGHT MILLIGRAMS. HOUSE SPEAKER CLAY SCHEXNAYDER IS SPONSORING ANOTHER BILL THAT HE SAYS WOULD TIGHTEN HEMP RULES WHILE KEEPING THE INDUSTRY ALIVE, AND IT WOULD KEEP THE EIGHT MILLIGRAM LIMIT PER SERVING.
FIREFIGHTERS IN LAFAYETTE RESPONDED TO A FIRE AT THE WENDY’S RESTAURANT ON AMBASSSADOR CAFFERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE FIRE BEGAN IN A DEEP FRYER IN THE KITCHEN. THE RESTAURANT SUSTAINED SMOKE, FIRE AND WATER DAMAGE BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE WENDY’S RESTAURANT WILL BE CLOSED A FEW DAYS FOR CLEANUP.
OPELOUSAS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION TO TWO RECENT SHOOTINGS IN MAMOU HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD VINDEZZ THIBODEAUX FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. ON APRIL FIFTEENTH, THIBODEAUX AND TWO OTHERS ALLEGEDLY OPENED FIRE ON A VEHICLE IN THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST STREET. THE NEXT DAY, MAMOU POLICE SAY THIBODEAUX FIRED SHOTS AT ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING EAST ON MULBERRY.
THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED A PHOTO OF A BURGLARY SUSPECT ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE. THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY TOOK TWO WEAPONS AND A PURSE FROM TWO VEHICLES PARKED AT A HOME ON HIGHWAY THREE EIGHTY-TWO IN WELSH ONE WEEK AGO. THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY WITHDREW CASH FROM AN A-T-M AT A CHEVRON STATION IN LAKE CHARLES. THE SUSPECT ALSO ATTEMPTED TO MAKE PURCHASES WITH STOLEN CARDS AT A JENNINGS DOLLAR GENERAL STORE ON WEDNESDAY.
