KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


6-15-22

AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION TO THE DEATH OF A LAFAYETTE WOMAN LAST FRIDAY.  THE BODY OF THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD MARY ELIZABETH FAULK WAS FOUND IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST GILMAN STREET AND SHE HAD BEEN SHOT.  SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN WITH THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS FORTY-YEAR-OLD JASON PROVOST WAS ARRESTED LATE LAST NIGHT BY NEW IBERIA POLICE.  HE’S BEEN BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND NO BOND WAS SET.

 

SO FAR THIS YEAR, NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE INVESTIGATED ELEVEN SHOOTINGS, INCLUDING FIVE HOMOCIDES BY GUN VIOLENCE.  THEY ALSO HAVE TAKEN EIGHTY-FOUR ILLEGAL FIREARMS OFF THE STREETS.  DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON SERGEANT DAESHA HUGHES SAYS THEY ARE ADDING NEW PROTOCOLS TO KEEP THE NUMBERS FROM RISING.  THOSE INCLUDE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, BRINGING IN PARTNERSHIPS AND INCREASING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

 

Louisiana’s legislative leaders are asking for at least 10 more days to comply with a federal judge’s order to redraw congressional districts so two have Black majorities. And a federal appeals court has scheduled arguments July 8 about the judge’s ruling that the current map violates the Voting Rights Act. Senate President Page Cortez and House Speaker Clay Schexnayder say in a motion filed Monday that Judge Shelly Dick’s deadline of June 20 is impossible. They ask for a deadline of at least June 30.

 

LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARRESTED A MALE JUVENILE WHO ALLEGEDLY POINTED A GUN AT A LAKE CHARLES POLICE UNIT.  LAST MONTH, DETECTIVES OBTAINED INSTAGRAM POSTS THAT SHOWED THE TEENAGER POINTING THE GUN AT THE POLICE CAR.  THEY USED THEIR RESOURCES TO DETERMINE TO WHOM THE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT WAS REGISTERED.  THE JUVENILE WAS ARRESTED AT A BUSINESS MONDAY AFTERNOON WITHOUT INCIDENT AND HE WAS ARMED WITH A HANDGUN AND ANOTHER GUN WAS SEIZED FROM THE VEHICLE IN WHICH HE WAS A PASSENGER.

 

AS PRICES ON GOODS AND SERVICES INCREASE, SO DO THE AMOUNT OF TAXES PAID.  IN APRIL, THERE WERE SIX HUNDRED NINETY-NINE MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXABLE SALES AND TWO-POINT-SIX BILLION DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR.  THAT’S EIGHT-POINT-THREE PERCENT HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR AND THIRTY-SIX-POINT-TWO-FOUR PERCENT HIGHER THAN IN TWENTY-TWENTY. APRIL SALES IN LAFAYETTE WERE THE THIRD HIGHEST FOR ANY MONTH AND THE HIGHEST APRIL ON RECORD.

 

SAINT LANDRY PARISH RESIDENTS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE PAYING OVERDUE UTILITY BILLS HAVE UNTIL JUNE THIRTIETH TO APPLY.  SAINT LANDRY PARISH COMMUNITY ACTION ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDING PAST DUE BALANCE ASSISTANCE WITH THE HELP OF LOUISIANA LIHEAP AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.  ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS COULD RECEIVE UP TO TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO PAY PAST DUE BALANCES.  TO FIND OUT IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE, CALL NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-THIRTY-SIX-FIFTY-ONE.

 

LOUISIANA SENATOR BILL CASSIDY IS ONE OF TWENTY SENATORS WORKING TO PASS GUN REFORM LEGISLATION.  CASSIDY CALLS IT COMMON SENSE GUN REFORM THAT FOCUSES ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, RED FLAG LAWS AND ENHANCED HELP FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PROTECTING VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.  THE PRICE TAG FOR THE BILL HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.  THERE IS A PUSH BY SOME TO GET THE BILL PASSED BEFORE THE JULY RECESS.

 

EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD DESTRON GOODWIN IS WANTED BY THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ON FOUR ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.  HE’S ALSO WANTED BY CHURCH POINT POLICE ON TWO ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.  GOODWIN, WHOSE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS IS IN CHURCH POINT, IS BLACK, FIVE-NINE AND ABOUT TWO HUNDRED POUNDS. IF YOU KNOW HIS WHEREABOUTS, YOU ARE URGED TO CALL THE TIPS LINE AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.