6-15-23
AN EVANGELINE PARISH MOTHER IS DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS AFTER THE DEATH OF HER DAUGHTER. SYLVIA MASTERS EXPLAINS.
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LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED INTO THE ARREST OF A MAN WHO WAS BROUGHT OUT OF HIS APARTMENT WITHOUT CLOTHES ON. THE GIRLFRIEND AND MOTHER OF TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD MARKAYLON MITCHELL FILED THE COMPLAINT. THEY TELL KLFY TV THAT AN EMERGENCY CALL WAS PLACED BECAUSE MITCHELL WAS HAVING A PANIC ATTACK AND THEY HAD GOT HIM INTO THE SHOWER, WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED. HIS MOTHER, TANYA JONES, SAYS THERE’S A VIDEO CIRCULATING OF HER SON’S ARREST, WHICH SHOWS HIM OUT IN PUBLIC WITHOUT CLOTHES.
THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO IDENTIFY A SUSPECT IN THE THEFTS OF TWO MOTORCYCLES ON MAY SECOND. VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SHOWED A WHITE MAN WEARING A BLACK SHIRT AND BLUE JEANS REMOVE A MOTORCYCLE FROM BEHIND A RESTAURANT ON NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD AT AROUND TWO A-M. ABOUT FOUR HOURS LATER, THE SAME MAN, NOW WEARING A WHITE SHIRT, TOOK A SECOND MOTORCYCLE FROM BEHIND THAT SAME RESTAURANT. PHOTOS OF THE MAN HAVE BEEN POSTED AT THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE FACEBOOK PAGE.
A NUMBER OF BILLS IN THIS YEAR’S LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOCUSED ON GETTING THE FORTIFIED ROOF PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING, WHICH WILL HELP HOMEOWNERS IN THE NEXT HURRICANE SEASON. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A BILL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR LAST WEEK REQUIRES LOUISIANA OFFSHORE WORKERS TO HAVE LOCATER BEACONS IN THEIR LIFE VESTS IN CASE A TRAGEDY STRIKES. RIGHT NOW, COMPANIES HAVE THE OPTION OF PUTTING THE BEACONS IN THE LIFE VESTS, BUT IT WILL BE MANDATORY BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST. STATE REPRESENTATIVE TROY ROMERO OF JENNINGS SAYS THE BILL WAS A LONG TIME IN COMING. THE LOUISIANA OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION SUPPORTED THE BILL.
ABBEVILLE FIRE FIGHTERS EXTINGUISHED A FIRE AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON M-L-K DRIVE. CHIEF JUDE MIRE SAYS THE FIRE BEGAN IN THE BEDROOM OF ONE OF THE APARTMENTS. THE BUILDING WAS EVACUATED AS SMOKE SPREAD TO SEVEN OTHER UNITS. HE SAYS THEY MANAGED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE IN FIFTEEN TO TWENTY MINUTES. A CHILD HAD TO BE TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION BUT MIRE SAYS THE CHILD IS NOW OK.
A LAFAYETTE MAN IS WANTED FOR A DRIVE BY SHOOTING IN CHURCH POINT SUNDAY NIGHT. APPROXIMATELY SIX SHOTS WERE FIRED AT A HOUSE WITH TWO PEOPLE IN IT ON NORTH BROADWAY STREET. THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD CRAIG JAMES VALLIER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE SUSPECT. HE’S WANTED ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT BY DRIVE BY SHOOTING AND CONVICTED FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT SAYS A LACK OF THINGS TO DO FOR YOUTH IN THE CITY IS LEADING TO MORE CRIME. HEBERT TELLS KLFY TV THAT HE HAS PLANS TO CREATE PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO KEEP THEM OFF THE STREETS. HE ALSO IS LOOKING TO RAISE MONEY TO PURCHASE EQUPMENT FOR KIDS THAT WILL BE DONATED TO YOUTH CENTERS. HEBERT SAYS HE WANTS TO REACH THE YOUTH TO LET THEM KNOW LAW ENFORCEMENT IS THERE FOR THEM.
