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THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING LAFAYETTE POLICE CORPORAL SEGUS JOLIVETTE HAS BEEN INDICTED. A GRAND JURY INDICTED THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD NYJAL HURST OF JEANERETTE ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND TEN COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. AN INDICTMENT MEANS THE GRAND JURY HAS FOUND SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE EXISTS FOR A PERSON TO STAND TRIAL ON THE LISTED CHARGES. JOLIVETTE WAS KILLED IN AN ARMED HOSTAGE STANDOFF IN JEANERETTE AND THREE OTHER OFFICERS WERE INJURED.
A JUDGE IN A MURDER CASE AT A LAFAYETTE BARBERSHOP HAS STEPPED DOWN. JUDGE ROYALE COLBERT MADE THE DECISION TO RECUSE HIMSELF BECAUSE HE SAYS HE WAS A LONGTIME CLIENT AT THE LOUISIANA AVENUE BARBERSHOP. FORTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JOHNNY TRAILER JUNIOR AND NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD QUINCY DUHON JUNIOR, BOTH OF LAFAYETTE, WERE KILLED IN A SHOOTING AT THE BARBERSHOP LAST AUGUST. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD SHYLON MOUTON OF CARENCRO AND TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD ABRAM LANDRY OF LAFAYETTE ARE EACHED CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
A Louisiana judge has ruled that a legal challenge to a first-of-its-kind reclassification of two abortion-inducing drugs as “controlled dangerous substances” can move forward. The ruling came yesterday. Last year, Louisiana became the first state to reclassify mifepristone and misoprostol. They are a two-drug regimen that can be used to end pregnancies through the 10th week.
IN LAKE CHARLES, A JUDGE HAS RELEASED A FORMER STATE TROOPER, WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE. JUDGE TONY FAZZIO, WHO HAD SIGNED THE ARREST WARRANT FOR FORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA DUHON, DETERMINED AT A HEARING THERE WASN’T ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SUPPOT DUHON’S ARREST. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THEY STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THE JUDGE. THEY SAY THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CHARGES AND SAID THE JUDGE’S RULING WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON THEIR PROCEEDING.
FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS ARE AFFECTING THE SAINT LANDRY EVANGELINE SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. BOARD CHAIR TRACY ANTEE SAYS THE CENTER IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THREE FEDERAL GRANTS. THE LARGEST ONE HAS DECREASED BY FORTY-TWO PERCENT. ANTEE SAYS TO CONTINUE THE SERVICE, SHE IS CREATING A NEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WILL REINTRODUCE THE CENTER TO THE PUBLIC AND SHOWCASE ITS VALUE.
LAST NIGHT THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD DECIDED TO INCREASE TEACHER PAY. LAYNE MILLER HAS THE DETAILS.
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GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING ALL STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO COLLABORATE WITH ICE AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. LAYNE MILLER HAS MORE.
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A SAINT MARTIN PARISH GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A SAINT MARTINVILLE MAN IN CONNECTION TO A DEADLY SHOOTING AT A HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME LAST FALL. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD ZACKYRIC GARDNER IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING DEIONDRE BENJAMIN. HE WAS LATER FOUND AND ARRESTED IN TEXAS. THE GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED GARDNER ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND, IF CONVICTED, HE WOULD FACE A MANDATORY SENTENCE OF LIFE IN PRISON.
