6-17-24
EUNICE POLICE ARE WARNING OF A SKIMMING DEVICE FOUND AT A CASH REGISTER AT A LOCAL DOLLAR TREE STORE. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD IS IN STABLE CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE ONE HUNDRED BLOCK OF VAN BUREN DRIVE IN LAFAYETTE. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD LLOYD COURVILLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING. HE IS BEING CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
THE FIRST HORIZON BANK ON RYAN STREET IN LAKE CHARLES WAS ROBBED FRIDAY MORNING. THE F-B-I IS ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT, WHO IS A BLACK MAN WHO WAS WEARING A BLUE SPECKLED HAT WITH PGA TOUR, PRO SERIES WRITTEN ON IT, A BLUE DRESS SHIRT AND A MEDICAL FACE MASK. THE F-B-I BELIEVES THE SUSPECT MAY BE THE SAME PERSON WHO ROBBED A FIRST HORIZON BANK IN LAFAYETTE IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS URGED TO CALL ONE-EIGHT-HUNDRED-CALL-FBI.
THE FBI HAS SET UP A DIGITAL TIPS LINE FOR PEOPLE TO SUBMIT PHOTOS AND VIDEOS IN THE CASE OF THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DANIEL CALLIHAN, WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD CALLIE BRUNETT OF LORANGER AND HER THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, ERIN. CALLIHAN IS ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING HER TWO DAUGHTERS AND JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI POLICE CHIEF JOSEPH WADE SAYS THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING INCLUDING SMALL ANIMAL CAGES AT THE SCENE OF THE ARREST. EVIDENCE SUCH AS PHOTOS AND VIDEOS CAN BE UPLOADED AT TIPS-DOT-FBI-DOT-COM.
A RAYNE MAN, WHO WAS SHOT BY AN ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER. ACCORDING TO LOUISIANA STATE POLICE, DEPUTIES SAW FIFTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JACOB RICHARD, WHO WAS WANTED ON MULTIPLE FELONIES, AND THEY CHASED AFTER HIM TO ARREST HIM. RICHARD ALLEGEDLY STABBED TWO DEPUTIES WHICH LED ONE OF THEM TO PULL HIS SERVICE WEAPON AND FIRE IT. RICHARD WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURY WHILE THE DEPUTIES WERE TREATED FOR NON-LIFE-THREATENING STAB WOUNDS.
A PETITION TO RECALL IOWA MAYOR NEAL WATKINS IS UNDERWAY. THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE CONFIRMED ORGANIZERS FILED PAPERWORK TO COLLECT SIGNATURES FOR THE RECALL. IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE A RECALL ELECTION, ORGANIZERS WILL HAVE TO COLLECT SIGNATURES FROM AT LEAST SIX HUNDRED FOUR QUALIFIED VOTERS IN IOWA. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RECALL IS ALLEN MATHIS AND DALE ROMERO IS THE VICE CHAIR.
NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER WHO STRUCK TWO BICYCLISTS. IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY ALONG WEST WASHINGTON STREET. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS A WHITE SEDAN THAT SHOULD HAVE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON THE HIT-AND-RUN IS URGED TO CALL IBERIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS AT THREE-SIX-FOUR-TIPS.
THE CITY OF OPELOUSAS IS LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON AN EIGHTY-PAGE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH WAS COMPILED WITH THE HELP OF THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT. THE TOP CONCERNS IN THE CITY IS THE NEED FOR MORE BIKE LANES, ACCORDING TO THE PLAN, AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS TO ROADS AND BRIDGES. THE MOST CONGESTED AREA IN OPELOUSAS IS CRESSWELL LANE WHILE VINE STREET IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR SAFETY. PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH JUNE TWENTY-FIFTH.
