4-6-22
LAFAYETTE HIGH AND S-J MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE PLACED ON LOCKDOWN YESTERDAY AS POLICE LOOKED FOR A SHOOTER. POLICE SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN SAYS THE DRIVER OF A SILVER VEHICLE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM A PERSON ON FOOT WHO FIRED MULTIPLE ROUNDS AND THE DRIVER REPORTEDLY FIRED SHOTS BACK. THE DRIVER ESCAPED BUT NOT BEFORE HITTING AN A-C UNIT AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT HAPPENED IN THE SEVEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF FOREMAN DRIVE, A BLOCK FROM S-J MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY.
CROWLEY POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO SOLVE A HOMICIDE CASE THAT HAPPENED ON MARCH TWENTY-FIFTH. THAT NIGHT AT AROUND ELEVEN, SUSPECTS ARMED WITH HANDGUNS AND RIFLES FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS INTO A VEHICLE, STRIKING THREE OF THE FOUR OCCUPANTS, ONE OF WHOM DIED. THE SUSPECTS WERE SEEN DRIVING A DARK COLORED VEHICLE THAT LOOKED LIKE A NISSAN OR HONDA SEDAN. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE TIPS. UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS IS IN SUPPORT OF A BILL THAT WOULD EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE TO INCLUDE “INTENTIONAL DEPRIVATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.” CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
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THE RESULTS OF AN AUTOPSY ON A JEFF DAVIS PARISH JAIL INMATE WHO DIED SUNDAY AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN RELEASED. FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD CODY JOE LEGER OF JENNINGS DIED AFTER BEING FOUND IN DISTRESS IN HIS CELL. THE AUTOPSY DETERMINED LEGER DIED FROM SEVERE HYPERTENSIVE ARTERIOSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. NO INJURIES WERE FOUND BUT TOXICOLOGY RESULTS ARE PENDING.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THREE SEPARATE SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE FIRST HAPPENED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN A PERSON WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR AN APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUND. AT FOUR A-M, A WOMAN WAS SHOT IN THE EIGHT HUNDRED BLOCK OF LAJAUNIE ROAD, BUT HER WOUNDS WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING. THEN SUNDAY NIGHT AT AROUND NINE-THIRTY, A PERSON WAS SHOT IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF GERMAN ROAD AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT A SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED IN THIS CASE ON AN AGGRAVATED BATTERY CHARGE.
BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN OPELOUSAS CAN APPLY FOR GRANTS FOR BUILDING REHABILITATION WORK THROUGH THE BUILDING IMPROVEMENT GRANT OR BIG PROGRAM. LAST YEAR THE PROGRAM PROVIDED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GRANT FUNDS THAT WENT TOWARD ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GRANT PROJECTS. THIS YEAR TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GRANTS HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE BY THE OPELOUSAS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO AT LEAST MATCH THE GRANT AMOUNT WITH MONEY FROM THEIR OWN POCKETS ON THE PROJECT.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS LOOKING AT A BILL THAT WOULD HELP SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AFTER A CONVICTION. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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A VEHICLE FIRE ON THE BASIN BRIDGE IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH LED TO THE CLOSURE OF INTERSTATE TEN EASTBOUND FOR AWHILE YESTERDAY. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT MILE MARKER ONE-TWENTY-TWO, THEY FOUND A PICKUP TRUCK FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP HAD STRUCK THE REAR OF AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER, WHICH IGNITED THE FIRE. WHILE FIREFIGHTERS TRIED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE, THEIR EFFORTS WERE HINDERED BECAUSE THE FUEL TANK ON THE VEHICLE RUPTURED.
