6-18-24
LAFAYETTE POLICE BUSTED AN ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT RING THAT INCLUDED A GROUP OF FOUR THAT WENT FROM STORE-TO-STORE TO STEAL TARGETED ITEMS. THE RING FIRST BEGAN STEALING FLAME-RETARDENT CLOTHING FROM THE ACADEMY SPORTS STORE ON LOUISIANA AVENUE, BUT DROPPED THE ITEMS AND LEFT AFTER BEING CONFRONTED. THEY WERE LATER FOUND BY POLICE ATTEMPTING THE SAME THING AT THE ACADEMY STORE ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN SAYS AN INVENTORY OF ITEMS FROM THEIR VEHICLE REVEALED THEY HAD STOLEN ITEMS FROM THE LAKE CHARLES ACADEMY SPORTS STORE AS WELL.
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN POLICE PATROLS DURING LARGE EVENTS AT
A-A COMEAUX PARKS AND RECREATION IN ABBEVILLE. EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED TAKING PROACTIVE MEASURES AFTER AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO ADULTS AT A GAME CREATED CHAOS AND PANIC. COUNCILMAN BRADY BROUSSARD SAYS, AFTER THEY MET WITH POLICE CHIEF MIKE HARDY, INCREASED PATROLS FOR THE AREA WERE WELCOMED. HARDY SAYS THIS IS FOR THE KIDS, MAKING IT SAFER FOR EVERYONE.
TWO SEPARATE SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ON GREEN MOORE ROAD IN STARKS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO PEOPLE, BOTH OF WHOM ARE FROM ORANGE, TEXAS. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD SHAWN DREYER WAS KILLED WHEN HE DROVE HIS TRUCK OFF THE ROAD AT AROUND THREE A-M AND STRUCK A TREE. AT AROUND ONE THAT AFTERNOON, A MOTORCYCLIST, THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD RICK HAMPTON, WAS EJECTED WHEN HE LEFT THE ROADWAY AT A CURVE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. SPEED IS BELIEVED TO BE A FACTOR IN BOTH CRASHES.
THE LAFAYETTE LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL HAS VOTED TO RESTRICT LIBRARY CARDS FOR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN TO CHILD-LEVEL ACCESS. THEY WOULD BE GRANTED ACCESS TO ADULT SECTIONS IF PARENTS SIGN A PERMISSION FORM. SUPPORTERS OF THE RULE SAY IT WILL PROTECT CHILDREN FROM ACCESS TO AGE-INAPPROPRIATE MATERIALS. THOSE OPPOSED TO THE RULE CLAIM IT IS CENSORSHIP.
AS REPORTED YESTERDAY, A SKIMMING DEVICE WAS FOUND AT A DOLLAR TREE STORE CASH REGISTER IN EUNICE. THE POLICE CHIEF IS TELLING BUSINESSES HOW THEY CAN SAFEGUARD AGAINST THESE KINDS OF ATTACKS. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE TANGIPAHOA PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE HAS DETERMINED THAT THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD CALLIE BRUNETT OF LORANGER WAS KILLED BY MULTIPLE SHARP-FORCE INJURIES. CORONER DOCTOR RICK FOSTER SAYS BRUNETT HAD MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS INCLUDING DEFENSIVE WOUNDS ON HER ARMS. BRUNETT’S DEATH AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HER YOUNG DAUGHTERS PROMPTED AN AMBER ALERT LAST THURSDAY, WHICH WAS LIFTED WHEN THE DAUGHTERS WERE FOUND AND THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DANIEL CALLIHAN WAS ARRESTED FOR MURDER AND THEFT. ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS, THREE-YEAR-OLD ERIN BRUNETT, WAS FOUND DEAD IN A WOODED AREA NEAR JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.
A NEW O’REILLY AUTO PARTS STORE IS COMING TO JEANERETTE, NEXT TO CITY HALL. MAYOR CAROL BOURGEOIS SAYS O’REILLY OFFICIALS APPROACHED HIS OFFICE LAST YEAR ABOUT BRINGING A STORE TO JEANERETTE AND THEY ANTICIPATE THE STORE WILL BE FINISHED BY LATE NEXT YEAR. HE SAYS IT WILL BE A HUGE BOOST TO LOCAL RESIDENTS, WHO WON’T HAVE TO DRIVE TO NEW IBERIA OR FRANKLIN. BOURGEOIS POINTED TO THE NEW O’REILLY STORE AND A COMING RAINTREE MARKET AS SIGNS HIS ADMINISTRATION IS DOING ITS PART TO HELP CONTINUE THE GROWTH OF JEANERETTE.
A RAYNE MAN WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO STAB HIS GIRLFRIEND. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD BLAKE BROWN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE ON PEAL STREET IN RAYNE. HE ALLEGEDLY RESISTED ARREST AND HAD DRUGS ON HIM. HE FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. THE GIRLFRIEND WAS NOT INJURED.
