5-21-18
A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF SETTING AN ABANDONED BUILDING ON FIRE. THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CALL JUST BEFORE SEVEN LAST NIGHT ABOUT A FIRE AT A VACANT BUILDING IN THE 400 BLOCK OF GUIDRY STREET, AND WERE ABLE TO PUT IT OUT QUICKLY. 44-YEAR-OLD DAVID PAUL OLIENYK WAS ON THE SCENE WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AND HE WAS ARRESTED FOR SIMPLE ARSON AND BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER. FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ALTON TRAHAN SAYS THE FIRE WAS THE SECOND ONE AT THE SAME ADDRESS IN THE PAST WEEK.
A MAN IN JENNINGS BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A HOME ON SOUTH CUTTING AVENUE AND HELD A HOSTAGE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE RESPONDED TO THE SITUATION AT AROUND 5:50 AND THE MAN LET THE HOSTAGE GO TWENTY MINUTES LATER. HE STAYED IN THE HOME THREATENING SUICIDE OR TO COME OUT SHOOTING, BUT DEPUTIES FORCED HIM OUT BY FIRING PEPPER SPRAY IN THE HOME AT ABOUT NINE A-M. 35-YEAR-OLD FREDERICK KELVIN MIXON, WHO HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY, WAS ARRESTED ON NUMEROUS CHARGES, INCLUDING VIOLATION OF A RESTRAINING ORDER, AND HE’S BEING HELD IN THE PARISH JAIL WITHOUT BOND.
A VIGIL WAS HELD LAST NIGHT TO REMEMBER THE THREE VICTIMS OF A HEAD ON CAR CRASH IN ST. MARTIN PARISH FRIDAY MORNING. TWO OF THE PEOPLE KILLED WERE JUNIORS AT ST. MARTINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL…18-YEAR-OLD KENNETH J. EAGLIN THE SECOND AND 18-YEAR-OLD DAJANEE OLIVIER. THE OTHER PERSON KILLED WAS THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE, 37-YEAR-OLD LATRICIA L. SAVOY, ALSO OF ST. MARTINVILLE. STATE POLICE SAY EAGLIN WAS TRAVELING EAST ON L-A 96 WHEN, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE HITTING SAVOY’S VEHICLE.
Louisiana will not be enacting a ban on hand-held cellphone use while driving.
A House-backed proposal stalled in the Senate, and the regular session ended Friday without action on the bill, killing it. Rep. Mike Huval, a Breaux Bridge Republican, wanted state laws that already prohibit texting or posting to social media sites while driving to be extended to manually using the phone in any way.
Opponents said speaking hands-free would give drivers a false sense of security, and they argued that’s no different than many types of distracted driving.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed a $28 billion-plus budget that would slash education, social services and public safety spending next year to account for expiring temporary taxes. The Democratic governor says the cuts would devastate services. Instead, he wants lawmakers to craft a new spending plan as they consider taxes in the special session starting Tuesday. Edwards announced his decision Friday, shortly after lawmakers had adjourned their regular session and left for a long weekend.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO SHOOTINGS OVER THE WEEKEND. ON SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER TEN, A PERSON WAS WOUNDED AND A HOME AND VEHICLE WERE DAMAGED IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF LACOBIE STREET. A LITTLE MORE THAN FOUR HOURS LATER, TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. IT’S BELIEVED THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CAJUNDOME BOULEVARD AND REINHARDT DRIVE.
A TEXAS MAN LED FOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE THROUGH VINTON AND SULPHUR SATURDAY THAT LASTED 33 MINUTES. SERGEANT JAMES ANDERSON WITH STATE POLICE SAYS THE CHASE BEGAN WHEN A TROOPER ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER 26-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS SALVADOR CHAVIRA OF VICTORIA, TEXAS FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION. THE CHASE GOT UP TO SPEEDS OF OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR, AND IT ENDED WEST OF SULPHUR WHEN SPIKE STRIPS WERE PUT ON THE INTERSTATE. A TROOPER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TREATED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
A MAN WAS SHOT TO DEATH YESTERDAY ON DEMOURELLE STREET IN VILLE PLATTE. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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