6-17-22
EUNICE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF TWO MEN SHOT AND KILLED LAST NIGHT AT A CONVENIENCE STORE, LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF WEST MAPLE AVENUE AND BOUDREAUX STREET. THE TWO VICTIMS ARE SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD AIDEN CADE MCCAULEY AND EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD PAUL STANLEY CELESTINE, BOTH OF EUNICE. POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS GODFREY OF EUNICE AS THE ALLEGED SHOOTER, WHO WAS SEEN DRIVING AWAY IN A DARK-COLORED DODGE CHALLENGER. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING OR THE WHEREABOUTS OF GODFREY, ARE ASKED TO CALL NINE-FOUR-EIGHT-TIPS.
A MALE JUVENILE WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT IN A SHOOTING AT THE KATHY APARTMENTS IN CROWLEY JUST BEFORE FIVE P-M YESTERDAY. TWO OTHER JUVENILES SUFFERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUNDS. ANOTHER JUVENILE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND BOOKED ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. ADDITIONAL CHARGES ARE PENDING AS THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A request by Louisiana legislative leaders to extend the deadline of completing a new congressional map — that must include a second majority-Black district — was rejected by a federal judge Thursday. The Republican-dominated legislature and Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, have been fighting over the boundaries since February, when lawmakers approved a congressional map with white majorities in five of six districts. Democrats and the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus argue the current map dilutes the political clout of African American voters and that at least two of the six districts should have Black majorities.
LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY TESTIFIED IN A STATE SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING YESTERDAY AGAINST A PLAN BY STATE SENATOR CLEO FIELDS TO CREATE TWO MAJORITY-BLACK DISTRICTS. GUILLORY SAYS IT WOULD PUT THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE INTO TWO DIFFERENT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS AND DIVIDE THE NORTHERN PARTS OF LAFAYETTE AND SAINT MARTIN PARISHES. GUILLORY SAYS THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD OVER THE LAST THIRTY YEARS TO KEEP LAFAYETTE ON A PATH TO UNIFICATION AS OPPOSED TO BEING DIVIDED. HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT CARENCRO WOULD BE A IN A SEPARATE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THAT WOULD RESULT IN MINIMAL REPRESENTATION FOR THEM BECAUSE THE DISTRICT WOULD BE SO LARGE.
JENNINGS POLICE DID A WALK THROUGH AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT’S UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO IMPLEMENT SAFETY PLANS. THE OFFICERS VIEWED FLOOR PLANS TO ESTABLISH SAFETY MEASURES AT THE SCHOOL, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE READY FOR THE FALL. POLICE CHIEF DANNY SEMMES SAYS HE PLANS ON TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL’S OFFER TO ALLOW OFFICERS ACCESS AFTER SCHOOL HOURS TO DO TRAINING. JEFF DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER JIMMY SEGURA TELLS KLFY TV THAT, WITH ALL THAT’S GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY, THIS IS A NECESSARY THING “WHERE THEY CAN TAKE STEPS FOR ANY SORT OF INCIDENT THAT OCCURS.”
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says heat and storms are contributing to “a rash of fish kills” in south and central Louisiana, and more are likely. A news release Thursday said that such fish kills “can appear devastating” but aren’t an ecological problem. Department spokesman Rene LeBreton writes that they “have occurred in Louisiana since before recorded history, and the ecosystems have evolved to be resilient and bounce back from them.” They occur because, as water heats up, it loses capacity for holding dissolved oxygen.
BROUSSARD POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SAINT MARTINVILLE MAN IN CONNECTION WITH AN APRIL HOMOCIDE. ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL THIRTEENTH, OFFICERS FOUND NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD TERRELL MARSHAUN FONTENETTE JUNIOR OF IBERIA PARISH WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN A VEHICLE PARKED AT A GAS STATION, LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF BONIN ROAD AND AMBASSADOR CAFFERY. YESTERDAY, FORTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD RICO GABRIEL WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
NEW IBERIA POLICE ARRESTED A MAN ON DRUG AND WEAPON CHARGES WEDNESDAY. PROBATION AGENTS WERE CONDUCTING A CHECK ON CALEB BUNDICK, A MAN WHO IS CURRENTLY ON PAROLE, WHEN THEY SMELLED MARIJUANA COMING FROM HIS RESIDENCE, LOCATED ON DELASALLE DRIVE. THEY CALLED POLICE WHO GOT A SEARCH WARRANT AND FOUND NEARLY ONE AND A HALF OUNCES OF MARIJUANA IN A MASON JAR AS WELL AS THREE FIREARMS. BUNDICK WAS BOOKED INTO THE PARISH JAIL ON DRUG AND WEAPONS POSSESSION CHARGES.
