6-1-18
TRAFFIC ON I-10 NEAR SCOTT WAS BACKED UP FOR SEVERAL HOURS YESTERDAY DUE TO AN ACCIDENT. SCOTT POLICE CHIEF CHAD LEGER SAID THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 10:22 YESTERDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO POLICE, A DRIVER TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON I-10 CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND HIT AN 18-WHEELER TRAVELING EASTBOUND HEAD ON, THEN SPUN AROUND AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE EASTBOUND LANE. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE THAT CROSSED THE MEDIAN DIED AND BOTH DRIVERS THAT WERE HIT WERE TAKEN THE HOSPITAL WITH NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE TROOP D, THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND SULPHUR POLICE CONDUCTED A DWI CHECKPOINT ON HIGHWAY 90 IN SULPHUR LAST NIGHT. SIX DWI ARRESTS WERE MADE INCLUDING ONE WITH A SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILD IN THE VEHICLE. FIVE ARRESTS WERE MADE FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, INCLUDING ONE WITH POSSESSION/USE OF PARAPHERNALIA AND ONE WITH AN OPEN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTAINER. SEVENTEEN OTHER CITATIONS WERE ISSUED, INCLUDING SIX MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION, FOUR INSURANCE NOTICE OF VIOLATION, TWO NO DRIVER’S LICENSE, TWO DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION, ONE CARELESS OPERATION, ONE NO INSURANCE AND ONE IMPROPER LANE USAGE.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF DEPUTIES ARRESTED 24 YEAR OLD CHET HANKS YESTERDAY IN BASILE. HANKS IS SUSPECTED OF DEALING HEROIN IN THE IOTA AREA. AGENTS CONDUCTING A DRUG STING, BOUGHT 3.6 GRAMS OF HEROIN FROM HANKS. HANKS IS SUSPECTED OF DEALING HEROIN BETWEEN ACADIA PARISH UP TO THE KINDER AREA ACCORDING TO SHERIF KP GIBSON. HANKS WAS BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL WITH A BOND SET AT $50,000.
THE KMART IN LAKE CHARLES IS CLOSING IN EALY SEPTEMBER. SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATION ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT IT WILL CLOSE 15 KMART STORES AND 48 SEARS STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LIQUIDATION SALES COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS JUNE 14TH AT THE LAKE CHARLES STORE. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE SEVERANCE AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY AT OTHER KMART OR SEARS STORES. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTED THAT SALES AT SEARS HAVE DECLINED FOR 26 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS. SEARS REPORTED A $424 MILLION FIRST QUARTER LOSS THIS YEAR.
TRAVIS ROBINSON, 34 OF EUNICE, HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH RAPING CHILDREN. THE INVESTIGATION STARTED WHEN A TWELVE YEAR OLD AND HER MOTHER WALKED INTO THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND BEGAN TO DISCLOSE THAT THE GIRL HAD JUST BEEN TOLD THAT SHE HAD AN STD BY HER PEDIATRICIAN. AS AUTHORITIES BEGAN TO QUESTION THE GIRL, “SHE ADMITTED TO US WHO DID IT, WHERE IT HAPPENED, AND ALL THE DETAILS BASICALLY”, SAYS SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ. NEWS OF ROBINSON’S CHARGE LED TO ANOTHER JUVENILE COMING FORWARD TO REPORT A RAPE IN JANUARY. ROBINSON IS BEING HELD AT THE ST.LANDRY PARISH JAIL ON A $250,000 BAIL
