4-6-23
A SUSPECT WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING AT THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE AND ZAZA’S HOOKAH LOUNGE IN ABBEVILLE WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH DURING A POLICE CHASE IN HOUSTON. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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THE BAYOU VERMILLION DISTRICT WAS SCAMMED OUT OF ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS INTENDED FOR INSURANCE PAYMENTS. DISTRICT BOARD PRESIDENT KAREN HAIL SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT, EARLY IN MARCH, THE SCAMMERS USED A CUSTOMIZED LOOK-ALIKE DOMAIN AND FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS TO CHANGE THE DISTRICT’S METHOD OF PAYING ITS INSURANCE PREMIUMS. SHE SAYS THE SCAMMERS MADE A SECOND ATTEMPT ON MARCH TWENTY-NINTH LEADING THEM TO CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BOTH AND INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY. THE BAYOU VERMILLION DISTRICT, WHICH CLEANS THE VERMILLION RIVER AND OPERATES VERMILLIONVILLE, IS FUNDED THROUGH A LAFAYETTE PARISH PROPERTY TAX.
CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS IS SEEKING TO HELP THE LOUISIANA SHRIMPING INDUSTRY BY REQUESTING AN INCREASE IN PRICE AND STRICTER INSPECTIONS OF IMPORTED SHRIMP. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CALCASIEU PARISH JOINED WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO PUT ON THE SECOND ANNUAL SENIOR CITIZEN LUNCH. OVER FIVE HUNDRED MEALS WERE PREPARED AND DELIVERED TO SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE WARD THREE AREA. WARD THREE MARSHAL NATHAN KELLER TELLS KPLC TV THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEM A CARD IN A NON-THREATENING MANNER SO THAT, WHEN THEY HAVE A NEED, THEY CAN CALL FOR HELP. AT NEXT YEAR’S SENIOR CITIZEN LUNCH, THEY ARE HOPING TO PROVIDE SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY MEALS.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED A MAN WHO IMPERSONATED A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO GAIN ACCESS TO A HOME IN BRANCH. SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD ADAM CREEL OF SULPHUR HAD LAW ENFORCEMENT ITEMS, INCLUDING A JACKET AND BADGE, THAT WERE REPORTED STOLEN AS PART OF A BURGLARY INVESTIGATION. GIBSON SAYS CREEL HANDCUFFED THE HOMEOWNER AND RUMMAGED THROUGH THE HOUSE BEFORE TAKING SEVERAL ITEMS AND FLEEING. CREEL SURRENDERED HIMSELF TO DEPUTIES AFTER HE WAS FOUND RUNNING IN A FIELD THAT THEY THEN SURROUNDED.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING A BURGLARY SUSPECT. SIXTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD PHILLIP WILSON IS WANTED FOR MULTIPLE BURGLARIES AT CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS. ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHERE WILSON IS SHOULD CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS. ALL CALLERS WILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
A BILL BEING PROPOSED FOR THE UPCOMING REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION WOULD PROHIBIT ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE FROM ENTERING A BAR IN LOUISIANA. THE BILL HOPES TO PREVENT UNDERAGE DRINKING AND COMES IN THE WAKE OF THE TRAGIC DEATH OF L-S-U STUDENT MADISON BROOKS. THE PROPOSED BILL WILL HIT THE FLOOR OF THE STATE SENATE IN APRIL.
LUS FIBER WILL BE EXPANDING ITS FIBER NETWORK TO NEIGHBORING PARISHES THANKS TO THREE FEDERAL GRANTS. THE FIBER NETWORK WILL BE EXTENDED TO ACADIA, EVANGELINE, IBERIA, JEFF DAVIS, AND VERMILLION PARISHES. THE GRANTS TOTALED MORE THAN TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS AND THE PARISHES WILL BE PROVIDING SOME OF THE FUNDING AS WELL. LUS FIBER DIRECTOR RYAN MECHE SAYS THEY WILL SEE A TWENTY-FIVE TO FIFTY PERCENT INCREASE IN REVENUE WITHIN EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO THESE NEW COMMUNITIES.
