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THREE PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT IN A MANHUNT IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY THAT BEGAN WHEN A DRIVER TRIED TO FLEE WHEN A POLICE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO PULL HIM OVER. THE DRIVER EVENTUALLY STOPPED AND EVERYONE IN THE VEHICLE FLED ON FOOT, THOUGH EVENTUALLY POLICE CAUGHT THE DRIVER AS WELL AS TWO PASSENGERS WHO HAD ACTIVE WARRANTS. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR DAVIEONTRAY BREAUX OF LAFAYETTE, WHO IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. HE IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING IN OPELOUSAS THAT LEFT A FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND A MAN DEAD AS WELL AS THREE CHILDREN WOUNDED.
A NEW IBERIA COUPLE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER, POLICE SAY, THE CHILD’S MOTHER ADMITTED TO BEING HIGH ON SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA WHEN SHE LEFT HER THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ALONE AND BAREFOOT AT A PARK ON WEDNESDAY. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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TWO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA MEN WERE ARRESTED BY JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES MONDAY FOR RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR FRAUD. FORTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD WILLIE LEGER OF IOWA AND FIFTY-YEAR-OLD STEVEN DEVILLE OF KINDER, IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS, BID ON AND ACCEPTED MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION JOBS. LOUISIANA STATE CONTRACTORS BOARD INVESTIGATORS FOUND EACH OF THEM DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER STATE LICENSE TO BID ON OR ACCEPT THE CONSTRUCTION JOBS. LEGER WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE NOT PAID FOR THE MATERIALS TO DO THE JOB HE BID ON.
A Louisiana House committee voted Wednesday to make abortion a crime of homicide for which a woman ending her pregnancy could be charged, along with anyone helping her. The bill also declares that any federal law, regulation or court ruling that allows abortion is void and that any judge who blocks enforcement of the bill’s provisions could be impeached. The hearing comes after the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the court is ready to strike down Roe V Wade. The bill’s supporters declared that their legislation would outlaw abortion even if the high court doesn’t reverse Roe v. Wade.
A bill that would keep transgender women and girls in Louisiana from competing on college and K-12 women’s and girls’ athletic teams has moved a step closer to passage. The bill was approved Wednesday for House debate 7-1 by the House Education Committee. The measure by Republican Sen. Beth Mizell of Franklinton has already cleared the Senate. In April, Governor John Bel Edwards said the bill was unnecessary, but he has not said whether he would veto the measure.
LAFAYETTE SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ON NUMEROUS DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES AFTER A SEARCH MONDAY NIGHT OF A HOUSE ON EAST UNIVERSITY AVENUE. SPOKESPERSON VALERIE PONSETI SAYS THEY FOUND MORE THAN TEN LITERS OF PROMETHAZINE, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE GRAMS OF PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS, MORE THAN FIVE POUNDS OF MARIJUANA, TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY T-H-C CARTRIDGES AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THEY ALSO LOCATED TWO HANDGUNS, A PISTOL AND A RIFLE AS WELL AS MORE THAN SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH. LIVVIE PHILLIPS OF LAFAYETTE, WHO WAS IN THE RESIDENCE, FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, AND TWENTY-YEAR-OLD MASON WRIGHT, WHO WAS ALREADY IN JAIL AT THE TIME OF THE SEARCH, FACES SIMILAR CHARGES.
A NEW GROUP IN ABBEVILLE, KNOWN AS MOTHERS OF MURDERED SONS, OR MOMS, MET OVER THE WEEKEND AND HEARD FROM LOCAL LEADERS AND PASTORS. THE FOUNDER OF THE GROUP IS DENISE BOUDREAUX, WHO LOST HER SON TWO YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN ABBEVILLE. BOUDREAUX TELLS KLFY TV THAT SHE HOPES THOSE WHO ATTENDED LEFT FEELING SUPPORTED. SHE SAYS THE GOAL OF THE GROUP IS TO COMFORT AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND TO HELP MAKE SURE THEIR CHILDREN ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
A MORGAN CITY WOMAN DIED OF ACCIDENTAL DROWNING LAST WEEKEND. THE SAINT MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY OBTAINED EVIDENCE TO CONFIRM THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD MONIQUE BARRILLEAUX DIED FROM ACCIDENTAL DROWNING. HER BODY WAS PULLED FROM THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER SUNDAY MORNING, ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF BERWICK. NO FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED.
