4-7-22
TWO MEN WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT INJURED A BABY AND HER MOTHER WERE ARRESTED IN TEXAS. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTOUT THAT HAPPENED JUST AFTER FIVE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN THE AREA OF MOSS AND VAN BUREN STREETS. THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE BETWEEN PEOPLE IN TWO VEHICLES. SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN SAYS POLICE FOUND FORTY-FIVE BULLET CASINGS ON THE ROADWAY BUT NO EVIDENCE OF INJURY. POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE.
THE LAKE CHARLES CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT VOTED SEVEN-TO-ZERO FOR SEVERAL AREA IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE SPENT TO IMPROVE SIDEWALKS. FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND WAS ADDED TO THE BUDGET FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING ON THE NORTH BEACH WHERE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING. THE COUNCIL IS ALSO MOVING FORWARD WITH MORE DEMOLISHING OF CONDEMNED OR HURRICANE-DAMAGED STRUCTURES.
A STATE HOUSE COMMITTEE ADVANCED A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE SIXTY DAYS NOTICE TO VICTIMS BEFORE SEX OFFENDERS ARE RELEASED FROM JAIL. THE BILL WAS INTRODUCED AFTER A FORMER TEACHER IN NORCO, WHO PLED GUILTY TO MOLESTING SEVENTEEN BOYS, WAS UNEXPECTEDLY RELEASED FROM PRISON. ONE OF HIS VICTIMS TOLD THE COMMITTEE HE WAS SHOCKED AND WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARED IF HE’D BEEN WARNED. THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION TO THE BILL WHICH NOW GOES TO THE FULL HOUSE.
A NEW BILL IN THE STATE SENATE IS AIMED AT REDUCING SPEEDING ON THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN BRIDGE. SENATOR PAIGE CORTEZ OF LAFAYETTE INTRODUCED THE BILL THAT WOULD INCREASE FINES FIVE TIMES OVER TO A MAXIMUM OF TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. IT ALSO CALLS FOR POSTING MORE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ON THE BRIDGE AS WELL AS OTHER SIGNS REMINDING TRUCKERS TO STAY IN THE RIGHT LANE. THE SENATE TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE IS CONSIDERING THE BILL.
CROWLEY POLICE ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED FEBRUARY TWENTY-SEVENTH. SIXTY-SIX ROUNDS WERE FIRED INTO A VEHICLE OCCUPIED BY FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING AN INFANT. ONE VICTIM SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION. MARLEY GUIDRY AND DARIUS SENEGAL BOTH FACE FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE HOMOCIDE AS WELL AS OTHER CHARGES.
A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR THE NINTH TIME FOR OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED, BUT IS ONLY BEING CHARGED WITH A FOURTH OFFENSE O-W-I. THAT’S BECAUSE OF A LOUISIANA LAW IN WHICH D-U-I AND O-W-I CONVICTIONS OVER TEN YEARS OLD DON’T COUNT AS PRIORS. JOSE OMAR CRUZ HERNANDEZ STRUCK TWO PARKED VEHICLES AND A FIRE HYDRANT BEFORE FLIPPING HIS VEHICLE AT AROUND THREE MONDAY MORNING. HERNANDEZ WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON SEVERAL CHARGES AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX IS HOPEFUL A NEW DEVICE WILL LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF CONTRABAND THAT GETS INTO THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER. THOSE BEING BOOKED INTO THE JAIL WILL HAVE TO PASS THROUGH AN X-RAY MACHINE FIRST. IT’S DESIGNED TO SEE IF THEY ARE CARRYING WEAPONS OR ANY OTHER HIDDEN CONTRABAND SUCH AS SWALLOWED BAGGIES OF DRUGS. BREAUX TELLS THE ADVOCATE HE’S BEEN BATTLING CONTRABAND IN THE JAIL SINCE TAKING OFFICE IN TWENTY-TWENTY.
