5-5-23
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND IN THE PARKING LOT OF A RACEWAY CONVENIENCE STORE ON CENTER STREET IN NEW IBERIA YESTERDAY MORNING. SERGEANT DAESHA HUGHES WITH NEW IBERIA POLICE SAYS THE GIRL’S MOTHER WENT INTO THE STORE, LEAVING HER KIDS IN THE CAR. THE CHILDREN FOUND A GUN AND THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT IN THE LEG. THE CHILD IS IN STABLE CONDITION AND POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.
AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION IS BEING BLAMED FOR A CAMPER FIRE IN THE TWO HUNDRED BLOCK OF MARIE STREET IN LAFAYETTE. THE CAMPER IN THE BACKYARD OF A HOME WAS DESTROYED BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED IN TIME TO PROTECT THE HOME. FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ALTON TRAHAN SAYS THE FIRE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL AND HAPPENED WHEN BREAKERS ARCED AND IGNITED COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS. THE OWNER’S BROTHER WAS LIVING IN THE CAMPER AND ESCAPED WITH A MINOR BURN.
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS ARRESTED FOR MAKING THREATS TOWARDS A LAKE CHARLES SCHOOL. THE BOY ATTENDS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CHARTER ACADEMY. DEPUTIES WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTED THE BOY AFTER LEARNING WEDNESDAY HE HAD ALLEGEDLY MADE THREATS TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL AND STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER ON A CHARGE OF TERRORIZING MENACING.
The Louisiana House has advanced a budget plan to the Senate that does not include a $2,000 teacher pay raise sought by the governor. Instead, it would steer a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars in extra state revenue toward paying down retirement debt. Republicans say the plan is financially responsible and would save school districts money in the long run by letting them spend funds as they best see fit, including possible wage increases for educators. Democrats counter that without the Legislature specifically allocating money for pay raises, there is no guarantee that districts will do so on their own.
AN ORDINANCE PASSED RECENTLY IS DESIGNED TO REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN OPELOUSAS. RENA CHARLES FROM THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TELLS KLFY TV THAT MORE THAN SIXTY-FIVE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN OUT OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS HAS BEEN ALMOST NON-EXISTENT FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS. SHE SAYS THE NON-RESIDENTIAL VACANT PROPERTY ORDINANCE WILL GIVE THE COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO START GETTING VIABLE AND WALKABLE AND HELP INCREASE THE CITY’S TAX BASE. CHARLES SAYS REVITALIZATION IS IN THE EARLY PLANNING STAGES SINCE THE ORDINANCE JUST PASSED IN APRIL BUT THEY’VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WHO SHARE THEIR ENTHUSIASM.
A FORMER SAINT THOMAS MORE TEACHER WAS ORDERED TO STAY IN JAIL BY A FEDERAL JUDGE AT A COURT HEARING YESTERDAY. JACOB DE LA PAZ WILL STAY IN THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH JAIL WITH NO BOND UNTIL HE APPEARS BEFORE A FEDERAL GRAND JURY. DE LA PAZ WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK IN YOUNGSVILLE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ON A CHARGE OF ENTICING A MINOR TO PRODUCE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE ALLEGED CRIME REPORTEDLY OCCURRED IN MID-JANUARY.
RESIDENTS OF IOTA SHOULD EXPECT THEIR WATER TO BE SHUT OFF PART OF TODAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED WEDNESDAY EVENING ON EAST SIMCOE STREET. THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD RASHEED CARMOUCHE OF LAFAYETTE, WHO WAS SHOT WHILE WALKING IN THE TWENTY-SEVEN-HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST SIMCOE. TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD THOMAS WOODS OF LAFAYETTE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF A WEAPON. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER.
