5-11-26
LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD NATHANIEL JULIAN WAS SHOT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE WHATABURGER ON WEST PINHOOK SUNDAY MORNING AT AROUND FOUR-THIRTY. POLICE TRANSPORTED JULIAN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD UPON ARRIVAL. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD WILLIS CARRON OF BREAUX BRIDGE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT MORE THAN SEVEN-HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WAS HELD FRIDAY IN MAURICE FOR A NEW CITY HALL. MAYOR NEIL ARSEMENT NOTED THAT MAURICE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE FASTEST GROWING-TOWN IN LOUISIANA AND THE NEW CITY HALL WILL ACCOMMODATE RESIDENTS IN A BETTER WAY. THE SIX THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT CITY HALL WILL BE BUILT ON RITA STREET. IT’S EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT TEN MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A COLLISION ON HIGHWAY TWENTY-SEVEN IN BELL CITY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STATE POLICE DETERMINED THAT THE DRIVER OF A TOYOTA CAMRY CROSSED THE CENTERLINE AND COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH A B-M-W. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD EDGARDO REYES RIVERA OF DENHAM SPRINGS WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED. THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN PUENTE OF BEAUMONT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
TEMPERS FLARED AND MICROPHONES WERE CUT OFF AS LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS MET TO REDRAW CONGRESSIONAL MAPS. AT A SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING ON FRIDAY, FOUR PROPOSED MAPS WERE CONSIDERED. THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN LOUISIANA’S CURRENT MAP OVER RACIAL GERRYMANDERING, INCLUDING DISTRICT SIX REPRESENTED BY CLEO FIELDS. THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.
STATE POLICE HAVE ISSUED A SILVER ALERT FOR A SIXTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD LAFAYETTE WOMAN. CHRISTINE JAKUBEK(ja KOO bek) WAS REPORTED MISSING FROM HER HOME ON CAMERON STREET SINCE SATURDAY. SHE IS BLOND WITH BLUE EYES, FIVE-SIX, APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED FIFTY POUNDS AND WALKS WITH A CANE. ANYONE WHO KNOWS HER WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE POLICE OR NINE-ONE-ONE.
THERE’S A TRAFFIC ALERT FOR DRIVERS IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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A PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED IN A HIT-AND-RUN IN LAKE CHARLES. IT HAPPENED IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF FOURTH AVENUE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE DRIVER LEFT THE AREA. POLICE ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY AND FIND THE DRIVER.
A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED FOLLOWING A FIGHT AT NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH. ORENTHEAL SALLIER JUNIOR OF OPELOUSAS WAS ON A BUS THOUGH HE DID NOT ATTEND THE SCHOOL. A TEACHER STOPPED A FIGHT AND ORDERED SALLIER BACK ON THE BUS WHEN SALLIER ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED BATTERY ON THE TEACHER. HE IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF SIMPLE BATTERY, BATTERY ON A TEACHER, AND TERRORIZING.
