4-5-22
THE PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE ELLA GOODIE MISSING PERSON’S CASE WAS AGAIN DENIED BOND ON MONDAY. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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AN OPELOUSAS MOTHER IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER HER SON’S BUS DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE AWAY WHILE HER EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON WAS STUCK IN THE DOOR. SHE TELLS KLFY TV THAT HER SON, WHO ATTENDS THE FAMILY WORSHIP CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, WAS GETTING OFF THE BUS WHEN THE BUS DRIVER SHUT THE DOOR TOO SOON TRAPPING HIS HEAD AND ARMS, THEN DRIVING A FEW FEET BEFORE THE CHILDREN ON THE BUS GOT HER ATTENTION. SHE SAYS DOCTORS DETERMINED HER SON SUFFERED A CONCUSSION. SHE BELIEVES THE SCHOOL BRUSHED OFF THE INCIDENT BECAUSE THE BUS DRIVER WAS NEVER SUSPENDED.
BOTH LOUISIANA SENATORS HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE OPPOSING THE CONFIRMATION OF KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO THE U-S SUPREME COURT. SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY ALREADY ISSUED A VOTE AGAINST JACKSON AS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. SENATOR BILL CASSIDY SAYS JACKSON HAS THE SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO WANT AN ACTIVIST JUDGE AND IS, THEREFORE, NOT WORTHY OF HIS SUPPORT. A CONFIRMATION VOTE IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK AND JACKSON WILL NEED THE SUPPORT OF FIFTY-ONE SENATORS TO BECOME A U-S SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY NIGHT. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF GUNFIRE IN THE AREA OF BANK AND SYCAMORE STREETS. THEY FOUND TWO MEN IN THE ROADWAY WHO WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND ARE LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND THEY ASK ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING TO CONTACT LEAD INVESTIGATOR, SERGEANT LARRY NEWINGHAM.
LAST WEEK, FORMER LAFAYETTE POLICE CHIEF TOBY AGUILLARD, WHO IS NOW AN ATTORNEY, FILED A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF A MAN WHO WAS BEATEN BY A POLICE OFFICER. KATC TV HAS LEARNED THAT THE OFFICER, MARVIN MARTIN, RESIGNED FROM THE DEPARTMENT LAST JUNE WHILE THE INCIDENT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE LAWSUIT SAYS THE CHARGE OF RESISTING ARREST BY THE PLAINTIFF, JONATHAN ALVEY, WAS DISMISSED BY THE CITY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE IN SEPTEMBER FOR LACK OF PROBABLY CAUSE. THE LAWSUIT SAYS ALVEY SUFFERED INJURIES IN THE INCIDENT INCLUDING THE AGGRAVATION OF A PRE-EXISTING KNEE INJURY.
MARY MORRISON HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW CAMPUS DIRECTOR AT SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S CAMPUS IN ACADIA PARISH. AS DIRECTOR, MORRISON WILL OVERSEE CAMPUS OPERATIONS AND SERVE AS LIAISON TO NEW AND CONTINUING STUDENTS AS WELL AS LOCAL OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. SHE HAS BEEN WITH S-L-C-C FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES AND WAS MOST RECENTLY THE STUDENT SUCCESS ADVISOR. MORRISON IS CURRENTLY ON THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND ALSO SERVED ON THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED COUNCIL.
Louisiana, Arizona and Missouri have sued President Joe Biden’s administration to prevent federal officials from ending a public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border. The lawsuit was filed over the weekend in a Louisiana federal court challenging the planned May 23 end to border controls known as Title 42. The order was imposed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over coronavirus concerns. The lawsuit says the order is the only thing preventing a chaotic situation on the border.
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING SUSPECTS WHO BROKE INTO AN A-T-M MACHINE. IT HAPPENED ON MARCH TWENTY-SIXTH AT THE COMMUNITY FIRST BANK ON EMILE VERRET ROAD. MONEY WAS STOLEN BUT THEY ARE NOT ANNOUNCING HOW MUCH. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL IBERIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS AT THREE-SIX-FOUR-TIPS OR THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
