5-12-23
NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE RELEASED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A WOMAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A FREEZER AT AN ARBY’S RESTAURANT. SERGEANT DAESHA HUGHES SAYS IT’S BEEN CONFIRMED THAT THE PERSON FOUND WAS A MANAGER. THE BODY WAS FOUND BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AT AROUND SIX-THIRTY LAST NIGHT. AT THIS TIME, THE DEATH IS BEING TREATED AS SUSPICIOUS BUT A LEAD HOMOCIDE INVESTIGATOR TELLS KADN-TV THAT INITIAL INDICATIONS DO NOT POINT TO FOUL PLAY.
TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY LAFAYETTE POLICE IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY AT HEYMANN PARK. THE SHOOTING OCCURRED DURING AN IMPROMPTU PARTY, WHERE MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE SHOWED UP. THREE PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD DAMIEN COLEMAN AND TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD DARIUS EDWARDS, WHO ARE BOTH FROM LAFAYETTE, HAVE EACH BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AS WELL AS ILLEGAL USE OF WEAPONS AND ILLEGAL CARRYING OF WEAPONS.
OCHSNER HEALTH HAS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL BE LAYING OFF SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY EMPLOYEES. OCHSNER HEALTH IS LOUISIANA’S LARGEST HOSPITAL SYSTEM WITH FORTY-TWO HOSPITALS IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI AS WELL AS MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED URGENT CARE CENTERS AND HEALTH CENTERS. MOST OF THE CUTS WILL BE MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL POSITIONS. OCSHNER CITED INCREASED LABOR COSTS, A SHORTAGE OF PATIENT-CARE CLINICIANS AND A WEAKENED ECONOMY AS REASONS FOR THE CUTS.
THE ALLEN PARISH SCHOOL BOARD DEADLOCKED FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK ON THE VOTE FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT. THE CANDIDATES, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISOR BRAD SOILEAU AND TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR KENNY COURVILLE, EACH RECEIVED FOUR VOTES FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. KPLC TV IS REPORTING THAT THE BOARD WILL MEET AGAIN ON MAY TWENTY-FOURTH TO HOLD ANOTHER VOTE. THEY ARE SEEKING TO REPLACE KENT REED, WHO ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
ABBEVILLE POLICE HAVE MADE ANOTHER ARREST CONNECTED TO THE FEBRUARY TWENTY-FOURTH SHOOTING AT ZAZA’S HOOKAH LOUNGE. ONE WEEK AGO, THEY ARRESTED NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD TAVION YOUNG, BUT NOT BEFORE HE LED POLICE ON A HIGH-SPEED CHASE THAT INCLUDED RUNNING SEVERAL STOP SIGNS. YOUNG HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ILLEGAL USE OF WEAPONS AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. ABBEVILLE POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE AND THEY URGE ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING TO CALL THEM OR THE TIPS LINE AT EIGHT-NINE-TWO-SIX-SEVEN-SEVEN-SEVEN.
THE YOUNGSVILLE CITY COUNCIL VOTED LAST NIGHT TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT ATTORNEY FROM NEW ORLEANS TO INVESTIGATE POLICE CHIEF RICKEY BOUDREAUX. THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO LAUNCH A PROBE AFTER VIDEO SURFACED OF FORMER COUNCILWOMAN KAYLA REAUX ALLEGEDLY GETTING SPECIAL TREATMENT IN NOVEMBER AFTER SHE HIT A PARKED CAR. HOWEVER, BOUDREAUX HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COUNCIL TO STOP THE INVESTIGATION. MAYOR KEN RITTER SAYS THE INVESTIGATION CANNOT BEGIN UNTIL A JUDGE ISSUES A DECLARATORY JUDGEMENT.
People convicted of felonies years ago by nonunanimous juries in Louisiana would have a chance for parole under a measure on its way to the Louisiana House. The bill was advanced by a committee Thursday. Advocates and relatives of people imprisoned on 10-2 or 11-1 verdicts harshly criticized the bill, saying parole is not enough, and new trials are needed. The bill’s backers say it’s an attempt at compromise that gives at least some hope to those who may have been unjustly imprisoned.
A EUNICE MAN, WHO WAS FACING CHARGES OF SECOND-DEGREE BATTERY, WILL INSTEAD FACE A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE AFTER THE VICTIM DIED WEDNESDAY. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AT AROUND TWO A-M SATURDAY, THE VICTIM LEFT AN ESTABLISMENT ON SOUTH SECOND STREET AND WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD UNPROVOKED. HE THEN FELL AGAINST A WALL AND THEN TO THE GROUND, WHERE HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A SIDEWALK. THE SUSPECT WHO HAS BEEN ARRESTED IS FORTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD WILBERT NED.
