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A WOMAN, WHO WAS SHOT IN A SHOOTOUT IN ABBEVILLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DROVE HERSELF TO THE HOSPITAL. THE WOMAN WAS SHOT TWICE BY TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE IN A DODGE CHARGER AND WHO STEPPED OUT OF THE CAR TO FIRE AT HER VAN. POLICE SAY THE WOMAN RETURNED FIRE BEFORE DRIVING HERSELF TO THE HOSPITAL. THE SHOOTING AT THE CORNER OF I-J JOINER AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DRIVE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO ARRESTS SO FAR.
A SEVENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD LAFAYETTE MAN, WHO WAS ARRESTED BY ICE AGENTS ONE WEEK AGO, HAS BEEN RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY. JOSE FRANCISCO GARCIA-RODRIGUEZ WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY ICE AGENTS AT THE CIRCLE K STORE ON JOHNSTON STREET, NEAR HIS HOME. HE WAS BEING HELD AT A DETENTION FACILLITY IN EVANGELINE PARISH BUT HE WAS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. GARCIA RODRIGUEZ FLED FROM CUBA TO AMERICA FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY.
REPRESENTATIVES JULIE EMERSON AND JACK MCFARLAND ANNOUNCED PLASNT TO REPACKAGE AMENDMENT TWO, WHICH WAS DEFEATED IN THE MARCH TWENTY-NINTH ELECTION. THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO SPLIT IT UP INTO VARIOUS AMENDMENTS, GIVING VOTERS THE OPTION TO APPROVE SINGULAR CHANGES TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION RATHER THAN MANY CHANGES IN ONE AMENDMENT. EMERSON SAYS SOME PEOPLE TOLD THEM THEY LIKED MOST OF WHAT WAS CONTAINED IN THE AMENDMENT BUT A FEW THINGS THEY DIDN’T LIKE. SHE SAYS THE END GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE THE STATE INCOME TAX, WHICH WOULD STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.
THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS UPHELD THE TWELVE-YEAR SENTENCE FOR A BELL CITY WOMAN. YVETTE GRAGG LOGAN PLED GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HER HUSBAND IN JANUARY OF TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE. SHE ADMITTED SHOOTING HIM BUT SAID IT WAS THE RESULT OF THIRTY YEARS OF SADISTIC, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE BY HER HUSBAND, WILLIAM LOGAN. SHE FILED AN APPEAL AGAINST THE TWELVE-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE, SAYING IT WAS EXCESSIVE CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN A DEADLY SHOOTING CASE IN VILLE PLATTE. THE VICTIM, THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD CAWASKEE ARDOIN, WAS KILLED AT THE GABRIEL VILLA APARTMENT COMPLEX LAST WEDNESDAY. YESTERDAY, THE SUSPECT, TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD TIJUAN SIMS, TURNED HIMSELF INTO AUTHORITIES. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE VILLE PLATTE JAIL ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
TWO MEN ATTEMPTED TO STEAL AN A-T-M MACHINE IN LAFAYETTE THIS PAST WEEKEND. IT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT AT AROUND ELEVEN-FIFTEEN AT THE CATALYST BANK ON SOUTH COLLEGE ROAD NEAR WEST BAYOU PARKWAY. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE MEN WERE IN A WHITE G-M-C SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE. THE BANK IS OFFERING A FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
CREWS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT ARE WORKING ALONG STATE ROADWAYS TO REMOVE LITTER. IT’S PART OF THE “LOVE THE BOOT” CAMPAIGN WHICH LASTS THROUGH SUNDAY. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER DEIDRE DRUILHET SAYS LITTER IN DITCHES CAN AFFECT WATER FLOW AND THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. CREWS WILL BE WORKING THROUGHOUT THE ACADIANA REGION.
A WANTED FUGITIVE WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY IN CROWLEY IN CONNECTION TO TWO SEPARATE SHOOTINGS. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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