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A MURDER SUSPECT FROM CHURCH POINT WAS ARRESTED IN JENNINGS AFTER A THIRTEEN HOUR MANHUNT. POLICE CHIEF DANNY SEMMES SAYS THIRTY-YEAR-OLD TYREN CHAVIS WAS DRIVING A STOLEN CAR WITH EXPIRED TAGS WHEN AN OFFICER TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER. A CHASE ENSUED AND CHAVIS CRASHED INTO A TREE, THEN HE AND A PASSENGER FLED ON FOOT. CHAVIS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO ACADIA PARISH, WHERE HE IS WANTED FOR THE JANUARY TWENTY-EIGHTH MURDER OF ERIC SAINT JULIEN IN CHURCH POINT.
ALTON TRAHAN OF THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF LITHIUM BATTERIES. HE SAID THAT SATURDAY A PERSON WAS RECHARGING BATTERIES FOR A REMOTE-CONTROL CAR. THE BATTERIES WERE ON A CHAIR INSIDE THE HOUSE AND THEY OVERHEATED, CAUSING THE FABRIC ON THE CHAIR TO IGNITE. TRAHAN RECOMMENDS CHARGING LITHIUM BATTERIES OUTSIDE AWAY FROM THE HOUSE AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PACKAGING.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY IS SET TO GIVE DETAILS ON PLANS FOR INSURANCE REFORM. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A TV SHOW HELPED AUTHORITIES FIND TWO YOUNG BOYS FROM LAKE CHARLES, WHO HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE JUNE. THE MOTHER OF SEVEN-YEAR-OLD COHEN AND FIVE-YEAR-OLD COLTON DESORMEAUX HAD THE BOYS FOR A WEEKEND IN JUNE AND FAILED TO RETURN THEM TO THEIR FATHER. THE CASE OF THE MISSING BOYS WAS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SERIES “ON PATROL: LIVE” ON THE REELZ CHANNEL, WHICH LED TO SEVERAL TIPS HELPING AUTHORITIES FIND THE MOM AND THE BOYS. THE MOTHER, SHARLENE DESORMEAUX, WAS BOOKED INTO THE CALCASIEU CORRECTIONAL CENTER FOR OBSTRUCTION OF A COURT ORDER, AND OTHER CHARGES ARE PENDING.
A MAN WANTED FOR A DEADLY SHOOTING IN ABBEVILLE LAST AUGUST WAS CAPTURED YESTERDAY BY SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD D’JACQNEY “POPPY” MITCHELL WAS TAKEN TO THE ABBEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE WAS BOOKED ON CHARGES OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED DURING A DICE GAME AT THE HEROD VILLAGE APARTMENTS ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE. JARRIAN “NU GLIZZY” BERNARD OF ABBEVILLE DIED AFTER BEING SHOT THREE TIMES AND A SECOND PERSON WAS INJURED BUT SURVIVED.
LAFAYETTE NATIVE LAUREN DAIGLE IS COMING TO PERFORM IN YOUNGSVILLE. SLEMCO IS SPONSORING A NIGHT WITH LAUREN DAIGLE AT THE YOUNGSVILLE AMPHITHEATRE ON SEPTEMBER THIRTEENTH, THE CITY HAS ANNOUNCED. TICKETS FOR LAUREN DAIGLE INSIDERS ARE ON SALE NOW. THEY’LL GO ON SALE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT TEN A-M ON FRIDAY.
THE LOUISIANA SHRIMP ASSOCIATION IS BACKING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TARIFF’S. ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ACY COOPER TELLS KLFY TV THE TARIFF’S ARE BRINGING THEM ONE STEP CLOSER TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THE ONCE THRIVING INDUSTRY. CHEAPER IMPORTED PRODUCTS HAVE DECREASED THE ONCE TWO-AND-A-HALF BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY. COOPER SAYS, EVEN IF THE TARIFF’S ARE DISCONTINUED, IT WILL ALLOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO NOTICE THE ISSUES SHRIMPERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE STRUGGLING WITH.
A TEENAGER IN IBERIA PARISH HAS BEEN REPORTED AS A RUNAWAY. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD MALLORIE MATURIN WAS LAST SEEN LEAVING HER RESIDENCE ON FREMIN ROAD AT AROUND NINE SUNDAY NIGHT. SHE MAY HAVE BEEN WEARING A BLACK NIKE HOODIE AND JOGGERS AND IS DESCRIBED AS HAVING BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES, STANDING FIVE FEET, FOUR INCHES AND WEIGHING AROUND TWO HUNDRED POUNDS. ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHERE SHE IS LOCATED IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
