5-20-26
SAINT LANDRY PARISH WILL NO LONGER PERMIT TRAIL RIDES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. PARISH PRESIDENT JESSIE BELLARD MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER A PAIR OF SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING A WEEKEND EVENT AT THE YAMBILEE BUILDING AND AG ARENA GROUNDS. WARRANTS WERE ISSUED FOR FOUR SUSPECTS IN A ONE-FORTY-FIVE-A-M SUNDAY MORNING SHOOTING IN WHICH THE SUSPECTS WERE DETERMINED TO HAVE RECKLESSLY FIRED GUNS. ANOTHER PERSON WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A SECOND SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED AT AROUND FIVE-FORTY-FIVE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
LAFAYETTE POLICE MADE AN ARREST IN AN ARMED ROBBERY CASE THAT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT JUST AFTER NINE. A BUSINESS ON NORTHWEST EVANGELINE THRUWAY NEAR CHALMETTE DRIVE WAS THE VICTIM AND POLICE COLLECTED EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE, WHICH WAS HANDED OVER TO INVESTIGATORS. THEY LATER IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT, THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD TROY BERNARD OF LAFAYETTE. HE IS FACING A CHARGE OF FIRST-DEGREE ROBBERY WHICH CARRIES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF FORTY YEARS IF CONVICTED.
SEVERAL BILLS WERE HEARD BEFORE THE STATE HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE THAT WOULD GIVE PARISHES A GREATER SAY OVER CARBON DIOXIDE PIPELINES AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION PROJECTS. OPPONENTS OF THE MEASURES SAY IT WOULD SLOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CREATE UNCERTAINTY FOR COMPANIES CONSIDERING INVESTMENTS IN THE STATE. SUPPORTERS SAY LOCAL COMMUNITIES SHOULD HAVE THE FINAL SAY OVER PROJECTS HAPPENING IN THEIR BACKYARDS. ALL BILLS GIVING SPECIFIC LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AUTHORITY OVER CARBON CAPTURE PROJECTS FAILED AND WERE INVOLUNTARILY DEFERRED.
A JENNINGS MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR VEHICLE BURGLARIES AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR CROWLEY. PROPERTY WAS REMOVED FROM FOUR VEHICLES AT THE KATHY APARTMENTS ON MONDAY. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE WAS SECURED BY ACADIA PARISH DEPUTIES THAT IDENTIFIED TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD TRISTEN ACHANE AS A SUSPECT. HE WAS LOCATED AT AN APARTMENT AND ARRESTED ON FOUR COUNTS OF VEHICLE BURGLARY.
A A RAYNE WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. RAYNE POLICE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT SHOTS FIRED ON SEVENTH STREET. THEY LATER IDENTIFIED FIFTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD CHARLOTTE FAYE DUPONT AS A SUSPECT. SHE WAS ARRESTED ON SUNDAY.
A LAFAYETTE COUPLE SAYS THE LAST YEAR-AND-A-HALF HAS BEEN PAINFUL BECAUSE OF THEIR SON’S DISAPPEARANCE. SAM EASTERLING WAS LAST SEEN IN AUGUST OF TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR WHEN HE WAS LEAVING POOR BOY’S BAR ON SAINT BERNARD AVENUE IN NEW ORLEANS. HIS MOTHER, SANDY EASTERLING, TELLS KLFY TV THAT IT’S BEEN A NIGHTMARE THAT SHE KEEPS HOPING SHE’LL WAKE UP FROM. THE FATHER, SCOTT EASTERLING, SAYS DETECTIVES ARE TREATING THE CASE AS A HOMOCIDE AND THEY ARE GETTING INFORMATION BUT VERY SLOWLY.
GEORGE FAUST HAS WHAT’S NEXT UP FOR VOTERS IN THIS MIDTERM SEASON.
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A SHOOTING SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY THE JEANERETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON TUESDAY. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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