5-30-22
A FORMER U-L WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER IS BEHIND BARS, ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HER BOYFRIEND. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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ONE MAN WAS KILLED YESTERDAY FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND. NEW IBERIA POLICE RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A SHOOTING IN THE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF SOUTH GIBBS LANE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEY FOUND THE GUNSHOT VICTIM UPON ARRIVAL. THE MAN WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED. THE VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AND POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE.
The Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice says it is temporarily suspending in-person visits at all secure care facilities due to confirmed COVID-19 cases. State health officials report 1,279 new cases of COVID in Louisiana with four new deaths and 197 people hospitalized with the virus as of Friday. The agency said in a news release that, in an effort to slow the spread of the virus, all juvenile complexes have been placed on precautionary quarantine effective Thursday. Officials said in-person visitations are scheduled to resume Saturday, June 11.
The Calcasieu parish school board has narrowly chosen the district’s chief academic officer as its next superintendent. The American Press reports that the Calcasieu Parish School Board voted 8-7 Thursday for Shannon LaFargue. The former principal was among three finalists to succeed Superintendent Karl Bruchhaus, who announced in February that he will retire June 30. LaFargue says he and the board are trying to be flexible and give teachers real autonomy.
One man is in custody and more arrests are expected after Lafayette Police say they caught someone stealing as much as $600,000 in checks from U.S. Postal Service drop boxes in the Lafayette area. Twenty-eight-year-old Beau LaFleur faces 19 counts of monetary instrument abuse, 15 counts of theft, 14 counts of forgery, two counts of identity theft and one count each of bank fraud and illegal carrying of a weapon. Bond has not yet been set and it was unknown if he has an attorney who could speak on his behalf. Lafayette Police Sgt. Robin Green told news outlets the arrest comes after a three-month investigation.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Lafayette says four men have been sentenced in connection with the theft of 32 firearms from a gun dealer in Maurice. The sentences handed down by U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays ranged from 14 months to 10 years. U.S. Attorney Brandon B. Brown said all of the 32 stolen weapons were recovered. They had been stolen in September from the Swampland Trading Co. in Maurice and were recovered the same night.
Legislation providing a possible path to freedom for people convicted of felonies by non-unanimous Louisiana juries has been shelved for the current legislative session. The bill would have allowed those convicted by non-unanimous juries to apply for a review by a five-member board that would decide whether the applicant should become eligible for parole. But The Advocate reports that Democratic Rep. Randal L. Gaines withdrew his measure Thursday because of disagreements on whether the board’s decision had to be unanimous. The newspaper reported that district attorneys wanted a unanimous board vote, but Gaines was opposed to that.
A CHURCH POINT MAN HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY BURGLARIZED THE FORMER CANAL REFINERY IN CHURCH POINT. DEPUTIES AND CHURCH POINT POLICE, INVESTIGATING A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE, FOUND FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD KRISTOPHER MILLER IN THE BUILDING AT TWO-FORTY-FOUR A-M ON MAY TWENTY-FIRST. DEPUTIES DETERMINED MILLER HAD BURGLARIZED THE FACILITY AT LEAST ONE OTHER TIME AS ITEMS WERE RECOVERED AT HIS HOME. MILLER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY BUT HAS SINCE BONDED OUT.
A MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY IS PLANNED FOR THIS MORNING IN CROWLEY. IT TAKES PLACE AT LEVY PARK AT NINE A-M.
