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LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE OBTAINED A WARRANT TO ARREST THE SUSPECT WHO INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUNDAY’S SHOOTING DOWNTOWN. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN APRIL TWENTY-NINTH SHOOTING IN NEW IBERIA LED TO THE SEIZURE OF NARCOTICS AND A FIREARM AND THE ARREST OF THREE PEOPLE. THE NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT A SHOOTING VICTIM AT IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER WHICH LED TO THE INVESTIGATION. THEY EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT A HOME ON WALTON STREET WHERE THEY FOUND THE NARCOTICS AND THE FIREARM. DE’KAYLEB MALLERY WAS BOOKED INTO THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE A SCHEDULE ONE CONTROLLED DANGEOUS SUBSTANCE AND MONEY DERIVED FROM THOSE TRANSACTIONS. TWO OTHERS WERE ARRESTED ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.
A MAMOU WOMAN DIED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH FRIDAY MORNING IN ALLEN PARISH. STATE POLICE SAY THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD TEELA CHRISTIAN WAS TRAVELING NORTH WHEN SHE HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF A CRANE TRUCK THAT WAS TURNING INTO A PRIVATE DRIVE. SHE WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND HER LEXUS CAUGHT FIRE. THE DRIVER OF THE CRANE TRUCK WAS UNINJURED. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
The Louisiana House will soon get to debate competing ideas on what to do about the impending end of a 0.45% sales tax. The tax was approved in 2018 and is set to expire in 2025. One bill approved Monday by the House Ways and Means Committee would start phasing the tax out next year. The other bill would keep the full tax in force and dedicate each year’s revenue to a new Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge, an Interstate 10 bridge in Lake Charles and expansion of the Interstate 49 South corridor.
Louisiana owners of electric or hybrid vehicles would be charged an annual state road usage fee under legislation that has cleared the House Transportation Committee. The Advertiser reports that the bill’s supporters argued that the bill is needed because revenue to pay for upkeep and improvement of existing roads and bridges comes from the state’s 20-cents-per-gallon gasoline tax. Baton Rouge Republican Rep. Barbara Freiberg’s bill would charge electric vehicle owners $110 annually. Hybrid owners would pay $60 annually.
A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD TEENAGE BOY WAS FOUND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS, BUT ALIVE IN A PARK ON GILMAN ROAD. RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA TELL KLFY TV THEY BELIEVE THE BOY WAS LAID IN THE PARK WITH THE EXPECTATION HIS BODY WOULD BE FOUND THE NEXT MORNING. THE BOY WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN NEW ORLEANS FOR TREATMENT WHERE HE IS IN STABLE BUT CRITICAL CONDITION. LAFAYETTE POLICE ASK ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CONTACT THEM AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
A WOMAN PULLED FROM THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER IN SAINT MARY PARISH SUNDAY MORNING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. SAINT MARY PARISH SHERIFF BLAISE SMITH SAYS THE BODY OF THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD MONIQUE BARRILLEAUX OF MORGAN CITY WAS FOUND ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF BERWICK. MARINE DEPUTIES SPOTTED THE BODY AT ABOUT TEN A-M AND PULLED IT FROM THE WATER. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER DAVID SPENCER SAYS THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HER DEATH REMAIN UNCLEAR.
THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES IS PUTTING ON A SERIES OF WEEK-LONG ROBOTICS CAMPS OVER THE SUMMER. THEY ARE PARTNERING WITH THE ROBOTICS EDUCATION COUNSEL TO PUT ON THE CAMPS THAT ARE FUNDED BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS AND ARE FREE OF CHARGE. TO BE ELIGIBLE, CHILDREN MUST BE A THIRD OR FOURTH GRADE STUDENT AND COME FROM A LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILY. TO APPLY, GO TO THE FIFTH FLOOR OF LAKE CHARLES CITY HALL OR APPLY ONLINE AT CITY OF LAKE CHARLES-DOT-COM.
