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TWO SUSPECTS WANTED IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING DEATH OF AN ACADIANA HIGH STUDENT ARE IN CUSTODY. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A MAN AND WOMAN WERE ARRESTED AFTER TWO SEPARATE HIGH SPEED CHASES AND AN HOURS-LONG MANHUNT, ACCORDING TO THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THE CHASE BEGAN AFTER THE MAN, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, REFUSED TO PULL OVER IN AN ATTEMPTED TRAFFIC STOP ON CECILIA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HIGHWAY IN BREAUX BRIDGE MONDAY MORNING. IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET AWAY, THE MAN SWAM ACROSS A POND AND BAYOU TWICE BEFORE HE WAS FOUND IN A HIDING IN A TREE BY DEPUTIES. THE MAN HAD A WARRANT FOR POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE TWO NARCOTICS.
JEFF DAVIS PARISH VOTERS WILL SOON DECIDE THE FATE OF A ONE-CENT SALES TAX RENEWAL. IT’S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR NEARLY THIRTY-YEARS AND GENERATES CLOSE TO SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY, JUST OVER TEN PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL’S ANNUAL BUDGET. SCHOOL LEADERS SAY IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM’S DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. SUPERINTENDENT JOHN HALL SAYS IF THE TAX RENEWAL FAILS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER VERY HORRIFIC CHANGES THAT WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC FOR THE PARISH.
THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE ENDED YESTERDAY. TEACHERS WERE WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT A POSSIBLE SALARY STIPEND WHEN THE SESSION FINISHED. AN ATTEMPT TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL CONTROL OF CARBON-CAPTURE PROJECTS FAILED. ALSO, GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY’S PLAN TO DOUBLE STATE FUNDING FOR PARENTS WHO WANTED TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS DID NOT HAPPEN. LAWMAKERS PASSED A BUDGET THAT IS ROUGHLY THE SAME AS THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT A REDUCTION IN REVENUES IN THE COMING YEARS.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SIGNED A BILL INTO LAW THAT INCREASES THE PENALTY FOR STUDENTS WHO ATTACK PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. THEY WOULD BE EXPELLED FOR AT LEAST TWO SEMESTERS AND HAVE TO TAKE ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES AND BE PLACED IN AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL. TEACHERS WHO ARE ASSAULTED WOULD BE GRANTED UP TO A YEAR’S SICK LEAVE WHICH THEY COULD USE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE BILL WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY IN THE STATE HOUSE AFTER IT WAS AMENDED IN THE SENATE.
TWENTY-TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTEED IN A CHILD PREDATOR OPERATION CARRIED OUT BY MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN LOUISIANA. THEY TARGETED INDIVIDUALS IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI WHO ALLEGEDLY USED COMPUTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO SOLICIT, GROOM AND EXPLOIT MINORS. THE SUSPECTS RANGED IN AGE FROM TWENTY TO SIXTY-NINE. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS IS FROM LAFAYETTE…THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ANDREW THIBODEAUX.
A TWENTY-FIVE-OLD EUNICE MAN WAS KILLED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING. SAINT LANDRY PARISH DEPUTIES SAY OBRIAN TERRY WAS SITTING IN HIS VEHICLE OUTSIDE HIS HOME ON NORTH VIVIAN AVENUE WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED. THE GUNFIRE CAME FROM A VEHICLE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. INVESTIGATORS SAY MULTIPLE SHELL CASINGS WERE RECOVERED FROM TWO DIFFERENT GUNS, LEADING THEM TO BELIEVE THERE WERE TWO SHOOTERS.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS A LACK OF INFORMATION IS HINDERING THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MURDER OF EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD TYLON WASHINGTON IN JULY OF TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE. AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS KILLED IN AN AMBUSH-STYLE ATTACK AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OUTSIDE CROWLEY. GIBSON SAYS THEY’VE RECEIVED NO SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION BECAUSE OF A FEAR FROM THE PUBLIC OF BEING IDENTIFIED. HE SAYS ANONYMITY IS GUARANTEED FOR THOSE WHO PROVIDE TIPS THROUGH CRIME STOPPERS. THE PHONE NUMBER IS SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS.
