5-18-23
THE IBERIA PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A BODY FOUND IN A FREEZER AT ARBY’S IN NEW IBERIA ONE WEEK AGO. SIXTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD NGUYET (WIN YET) LE OF TEXAS WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE FREEZER BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. KLFY TV HAD REPORTED SHE WAS A MANAGER AT THE RESTAURANT AND THAT FOUL PLAY WAS NOT SUSPECTED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN GIVEN.
THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IS PLANNING TO APPEAL WHAT THEY CALL AN ILLEGAL SENTENCE. IN DECEMBER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE, NORTAJA PORTALIS WAS CONVICTED BY A JURY FOR RUNNING OVER TWO SISTERS WHO WERE EXITING A BAR IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE. IN JUNE, SHE WAS SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS HARD LABOR WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE, BUT IN AN UNUSUAL MOVE, THE COURT CHANGED THEIR MIND AND SENTENCED HER TO PROBATION WITH NO MANDATORY JAIL TIME. SPECIAL ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALISA GOTHREAUX TELLS KLFY TV SHE BELIEVES THEY ARE IN A GOOD POSITION FOR A FAVORABLE OUTCOME, THAT PUTS BACK IN PLACE THE MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE.
Amid allegations of election irregularities and fraud, a group is seeking to remove the first-term mayor of Elton. Recall organizers filed paperwork against Elton Mayor Kesia Skinner Lemoine on Tuesday with the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office. One of the recall leaders, Brandon Kelley, said they want to remove Lemoine after questions surfaced about the Nov. 8 mayoral election. An investigation by KPLC-TV found voters who claimed homestead exemptions in other parishes and others who used addresses that did not exist.
A BILL, CRACKING DOWN ON HOME LABS SPREADING FENTANYL IN LOUISIANA COMMUNITIES, IS NEARING ITS FINAL HURDLE. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS MORE.
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A HOUSE BILL HAS ADVANCED OUT OF COMMITTEE IN THE STATE SENATE THAT WOULD ALLOW MOTHERS TO RECOVER HALF OF OUT-OF-POCKET PREGNANCY-RELATED EXPENSES FROM THE FATHER. THE BILL SPONSORED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE LARRY FREIMAN OF ABITA SPRINGS HAS SUPPORT FROM BOTH PRO-LIFE AND PRO-ABORTION GROUPS. PATERNITY WOULD HAVE TO BE PROVED IN ORDER TO RECOVER PREGANCY EXPENSES. THE BILL WOULD GIVE WOMEN A TWO-YEAR WINDOW TO RECUPERATE COSTS, BUT FRIEMAN PLANS TO AMEND IT TO ALSO INCLUDE A TWO-YEAR WINDOW TO PROVE PATERNITY.
TWO JUVENILES ARE ON THE LOOSE THIS MORNING AFTER ESCAPING FROM A DETENTION CENTER IN SAINT MARTINVILLE. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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RAYNE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A LAFAYETTE MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AROUND ONE THIRTY THAT MORNING, FIFTEEN SHOTS FROM A HANDGUN WERE FIRED AT A HOME IN THE TWELVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF BARBARA STREET. TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN WERE IN THE HOME AT THE TIME. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD TAYVION AMONDREA WILLIAMS WAS ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN THE HIT-AND-RUN DEATH OF A BICYCLIST ON MAY FIRST IN NEW IBERIA. FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JEREMIAH WOOD WAS KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY A CAR IN THE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF CENTER STREET. LATER THE CAR BELIEVED INVOLVED IN THE HIT-AND-RUN WAS FOUND AT A BODY SHOP IN BALDWIN. ON MONDAY, THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD RUSHARA SHAWNAE RICHARD OF CHARENTON WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE AND FELONY HIT-AND-RUN.
