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A LAFAYETTE PARISH GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A MAN FOR THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD JARVON MONTAGUE (mawn TEEG) OF NEW IBERIA HAS BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER FOR THE DEATH OF FORTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD SHANTEE BROUSSARD OF LAFAYETTE. DUE TO SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, INVESTIGATORS WERE CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF BROUSSARD, WHO DIED ON FEBRUARY TWENTIETH. AN AUTOPSY REVEALED BROUSSARD HAD INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH STRANGULATION AND BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.
A GUEYDAN MAN WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON AFTER HE WAS SENTENCED FOR CHARGES RELATED TO THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN. DISTRICT JUDGE THOMAS FREDERICK SENTENCED FIFTY-YEAR-OLD SCOTT BROUSSARD TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF PAROLE FOR TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE RAPE, AND ADDITIONAL YEARS WERE ADDED FOR OTHER CHARGES FOR WHICH HE WAS CONVICTED. THE CASE ORIGINATED FROM A REPORT BY A COUNSELOR AT GUEYDAN HIGH SCHOOL IN AUGUST OF TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE. THE TRIAL REVEALED THAT BROUSSARD MOLESTED CHILDREN OVER A SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD, AND TWO OF THE VICTIMS TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM.
Forecasters are expecting another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. Thursday’s hurricane season outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projects a 60% chance for an above-normal season, a 30% chance it will be near normal and only a 10% probability it will be quieter than average. The forecast calls for 13 to 19 named storms with six to 10 becoming hurricanes. It projects three to five of those will reach major status, which means winds of more than 110 mph.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE VICTIM IN A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED TUESDAY MORNING JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD ON CENTRAL PARKWAY. THE VICTIM IS SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD MCKENZIE RIDEAU, WHO WAS A STUDENT AT LAKE CHARLES COLLEGE PREP. MORE THAN FORTY SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THE HOUSE, LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF CENTRAL PARKWAY AND DOLBY STREET. POLICE SAY DOZENS OF PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIXTEEN AND TWENTY-TWO WERE AT THE HOUSE, WHICH HAD BEEN RENTED FOR, WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE, A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PARTY.
NARCOTICS AGENTS WITH THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SEIZED NEARLY THREE POUNDS OF FENTANYL AND NINE POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE. IT HAPPENED WHEN THEY WERE EXECUTING SEARCH WARRANTS AT RUE FERDINAND AND FEU FOLLET ROAD. THIRTY-YEAR-OLD JAELON BROUSSARD OF LAFAYETTE WAS ARRESTED. HE’S BEEN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL, METH, AND MARIJUANA AS WELL AS OTHER DRUG CHARGES AND FOR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN THE PRESENCE OF A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE.
TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN ACADIA PARISH FOR TWO SEPARATE BURGLARIES. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A coalition of Louisiana environmental groups is suing the state over a law they say violates their free speech rights by restricting them from sharing information about air quality. The lawsuit, filed in federal court yesterday, argues that Louisiana’s Community Air Monitoring Reliability Act is unconstitutional and imposes onerous requirements such as a $1 million penalty for violations. Some groups say they have stopped sharing data on their social media platforms as a result. The state has argued the law is necessary to prevent misinformation after an influx in funding from the Environmental Protection Agency to support grassroots air monitoring in heavily industrialized areas.
FINALISTS FOR THE LOUISIANA TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR AWARDS WERE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY. THREE OF THE TEACHER CANDIDATES AND ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS ARE FROM ACADIANA. AMONG THE TEACHER FINALISTS ARE AARON BEAUBOUEF OF JENNINGS HIGH SCHOOL, BRITTANY HEBERT OF BROUSSARD MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALI ANGELLE OF TECHE ELEMENTARY IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH. THE ONE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR FINALIST FROM ACADIANA IS BRANDON SINGLETON OF GRAND COTEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
