6-22-22
LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE FIGHTERS AND L-C-G EMPLOYEES WILL GET A BUMP IN PAY. GERALD GRUENIG HAS MORE.
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CROWLEY POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN SOLVING TWO SHOOTINGS LAST WEEK THAT THEY BELIEVE WERE RELATED. AT AROUND NINE P-M ON JUNE FOURTEENTH, AN UNKNOWN PERSON FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS AT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WALKING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WEST SIXTH STREET AND DOCTOR F-L JOHNSON AVENUE. FOUR HOURS LATER, SHOTS WERE FIRED AT A HOME NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MANSFIELD AND WEST HUTCHISON AVENUES, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUNDS. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION IS URGED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a bill that would make doctors who perform abortions subject to prison terms of one to 10 years. The measure by Monroe Democratic Sen. Katrina Jackson will take effect if the Supreme Court overturns the 1973 decision that established abortion rights. Other measures signed by Edwards Tuesday included one striking Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the list of state holidays. A measure overhauling the regulation of medical marijuana in the state was also signed by the governor.
A TEACHER AT SULPHUR HIGH SCHOOL WAS ARRESTED MONDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY TOUCHING A STUDENT INAPPROPRIATELY LAST FALL DURING AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY RECEIVED THE COMPLAINT THIS SPRING AND BEGAN THE INVESTIGATION THEN. FORTY-YEAR-OLD ALAN B. MILLION HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE AND WAS RELEASED ON A TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYS MILLION WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE ONCE THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS AND HE IS NOW NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRICT.
AN OPELOUSAS MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED AN ATTEMPTED RAPE WAS ARRESTED BY LAFAYETTE POLICE TUESDAY. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD DAMONTA ANDERSON ALLEGEDLY GOT INTO THE BACKSEAT OF A CAR WHILE THE WOMAN WAS PUMPING GAS AND, WHEN SHE GOT IN, HE POINTED A GUN AT HER HEAD. ACCORDING TO THE WOMAN, ANDERSON TOLD HER, THE ONLY WAY HE’D LET HER GO IS IF SHE HAD RELATIONS WITH HIM. SHE SAYS ON HER INSTAGRAM PAGE THAT SHE MADE THE DECISION THEN TO JUMP FROM A MOVING VEHICLE NEAR HER GRANDMOTHER’S HOME AND FLEE FOR SAFETY.
ONE PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING OF TWO TEENAGERS LAST THURSDAY IN EUNICE. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD LORRAINE GUILLORY OF EUNICE IS ACCUSED OF REMOVING A HANDGUN FROM ONE OF THE VICTIMS AFTER THE SHOOTING. SHE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, EVIDENCE TAMPERING, AND FACES UP TO FORTY YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED. POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE ACCUSED SHOOTER, TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS GODFREY.
LAST WEEK THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION VOTED SIX TO FOUR TO GRANT NINE HUNDRED WAIVERS FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO FAILED TO MEET GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. LAST MONTH, THE BOARD HAD GRANTED MORE THAN FOURTEEN HUNDRED WAIVERS TO STUDENTS WHO WERE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE IDA. BOARD MEMBER HOLLY BOFFY OF LAFAYETTE, WHO LED THE PUSH FOR THE WAIVERS LAST MONTH, SAID IT IS A FAIRNESS ISSUE. STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, CADE BRUMLEY, OPPOSED GRANTING THE LATEST WAIVERS SAYING EIGHTY-NINE PERCENT OF THE NINE HUNDRED EIGHT STUDENTS GRADED BELOW PROFICIENT IN MATH, ENGLISH AND OTHER SUBJECTS ON THE A-C-T TEST.
AN ABBEVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED MONDAY ON A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD TYREIK BROUSSARD IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A MAN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF FAIRMONT AVENUE. THAT MAN, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. BROUSSARD’S BOND WAS SET AT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
