5-9-23
THE LAFAYETTE CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP, VILLAGE THREE-THREE-SEVEN, HELD A MEETING LAST NIGHT TO DISCUSS CRIME AND OTHER ISSUES IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY. SOME CITY LEADSERS WERE THERE ALONG WITH PASTORS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. JUDGE ROYAL COLBERTY SAID THE MEETING SHOULD HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH PEOPLE AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE AND CRIME. THE GROUP IS SEEKING TO ACHIEVE A GOAL OF NO KILLINGS FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS BY HOSTING A HEALING EVENT AT HEYMANN PARK THIS FRIDAY AT THREE P-M.
A LARGE FIGHT BROKE OUT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT AROUND FIVE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH LYMAN STREET AND EAST LAFAYETTE STREET IN ABBEVILLE. ONE WOMAN SUFFERED A STAB WOUND BUT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. POLICE CHIEF MIKE HARDY SAYS THEY HAVE OBTAINED WARRANTS FOR A WOMAN SEEN STABBING ANOTHER WOMAN IN A VIDEO THAT SURFACED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HE SAYS AROUND TWENTY PEOPLE, RANGING FROM TEENAGERS TO ADULTS IN THEIR THIRTIES, WERE INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT AND HE’S SURPRISED NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT.
A STARKS MAN WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY FOR SHOOTING AT CHILDREN WHO WERE PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK ON HIS PROPERTY. RESPONDING DEPUTIES FROM THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOUND A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAD A GUNSHOT WOUND IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD BUT IT WAS NOT LIFE THREATENING. FIFTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAVID DOYLE TOLD DETECTIVES HE SAW SHADOWS OUTSIDE HIS HOME, RETRIEVED HIS FIREARM AND, WHEN HE WENT OUTSIDE AND SAW PEOPLE RUNNING FROM HIS PROPERTY, HE BEGAN SHOOTING AT THEM. HE’S BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY AND FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSULT WITH A FIREARM.
REPLUBICAN LAWMAKERS IN THE LOUISIANA HOUSE HAVE ADVANCED A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE TEACHERS TO USE A STUDENT’S NAME AND PRONOUNS THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH. REPUBLICAN REP. RAYMOND CREWS AUTHORED AND PITCHED THE BILL. A SUTDENT CAN RECIVED PARTNEAL PERMISSION TO USE PRONOUNS THAT DO NOT CORRELATE WITH THEIR SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH UNDER THE BILL HOWEVER, TEACHERS CAN REJECT THE PARENT’S CHOICE IF IT IS CONTRARY TO THE EDUCATOR’S “RELIGIOUS OR MORAL CONVICTIONS.”
AFTER YEARS OF DEBATE AT THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE, YET AGAIN A BILL DESIGNED TO HELP FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE FIND HOUSING AFTER THEIR RELEASE HAS FAILED. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A SHOOTING AT HEYMANN PARK IN LAFAYETTE ON SUNDAY HAPPENED AT A PARTY IN WHICH MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE ATTENDED. THE POLICE LEARNED IT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF A SOCIAL MEDIA POST AND THE ORGANIZERS DID NOT HAVE A PROPER PERMIT. THREE PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED BUT ALL ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. SPOKESPERSON SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN SAYS ONE OF THE RESPONDING POLICE OFFICERS DISCHARGED HIS GUN BECAUSE OF A SUSPECT WHO WAS ARMED AND SHOOTING THE CROWD, BUT THEY HAVE NOT EVIDENCE THAT ANYONE WAS SHOT BY THE OFFICER.
LONG-TIME SAINT MARY PARISH CLERK OF COURT CLIFF DRESSEL IS ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ATTACKING FAMILY MEMBERS WITH A KNIFE SUNDAY NIGHT. TH CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD DYLLAN VILLA GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH A FAMILY MEMBER. HE ALLEGEDLY GRABBED A KNIFE AND STABBED THE VICTIM IN THE CHEST AND CUT ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER, NEITHER OF WHOM WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. VILLA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED BATTERY.
