6-23-21
NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A FIFTY-YEAR-OLD SCOTT WOMAN AND HER SEVENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD MOTHER HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF THE SCOTT WOMAN’S BOYFRIEND, WHO DIED FROM A MASSIVE STROKE. AN INVESTIGATION BY SCOTT POLICE FOUND THAT AFTER FORTY-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL HEBERT GOT ILL FIVE DAYS BEFORE HE DIED, HE DID NOT RECEIVE PROPER MEDICAL CARE FOR SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL A NEIGHBOR CALLED NINE-ONE-ONE AFTER SEEING HEBERT’S CONDITION. THE GIRLFRIEND, STACEY BARTON, WAS CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE AND THEFT BY SHOPLIFTING, AND THE MOTHER, ELIZABETH HORNBUCKLE, WAS CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE, SEVERAL DRUG POSSESSION COUNTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF IMITATION C-D’S. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN, KELLY KEELING, WHO IS ALSO WANTED ON A CHARGE OF NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has struck down a bill prohibiting transgender athletes from competing on girls’ sports teams in Louisiana schools. The decision pushes back against legislation that has passed in several Southern states. Edwards noted they couldn’t find a single example of transgender athletes competing in female sports in Louisiana. The bill by Republican Sen. Beth Mizell passed with bipartisan veto-proof margins, but it’s unclear if enough lawmakers would hold together to call a special session to override the governor’s veto.
JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED A LAKE CHARLES MAN ON A CHARGE OF INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE. THE DEPUTIES ACTED ON A COMPLAINT OF INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT BETWEEN THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DAVID BRELAND AND A JUVENILE ACQUAINTANCE. DETECTIVE SAY BRELAND MET THE JUVENILE WHILE HE WAS EMPLOYED BY A BUSINESS IN LAKE ARTHUR. BRELAND WAS BOOKED INTO THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH JAIL YESTERDAY AND HIS BOND HAD NOT YET BEEN SET.
THE DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE HAS PUT A DEACON ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AFTER AN ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR. SHAWN JUDE GAUTHREAUX MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS DEACON AT SAINT BERNARD CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BREAUX BRIDGE. THE DIOCESE SAYS THE ALLEGED INCIDENT HAPPENED MANY YEARS BEFORE GAUTHREAUX WAS ORDAINED A DEACON. THE DIOCESE SAYS THEY ARE COOPERATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAST NIGHT THE LOUISIANA SEAFOOD BOARD HELD THEIR ANNUAL COOKOFF AT THE CAJUNDOME, THIS YEAR FEATURING TEN PAST CHAMPIONS. THE WINNER OF THE COOKOFF WAS A CHEF FROM BOZEMAN, MONTANA, TORY MCPHAIL, WHO ALSO WON IN TWO THOUSAND NINE. SECOND PLACE WENT TO CHEF CODY CARROL OF HOT TAILS IN NEW ORLEANS, WHILE CHEF CHRIS LUSK OF KIMPTON HOTEL FONTENOT OF NEW ORLEANS TOOK HOME THIRD. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER SAYS THE EVENT AT THE CAJUNDOME WAS A GREAT KICKOFF TO OPEN UP LOUISIANA’S DOORS TO THE WORLD AND WELCOME TOURISTS BACK.
Candidates for office in Louisiana will soon be able to take unlimited sums directly from political action committees. Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the bill into law Tuesday. The removal of limits on donations that come largely from special interest groups will take effect Aug. 1. Edwards signed the bill despite opposition from the state Board of Ethics.
ON SATURDAY, MULTIPLE SHOTS WERE FIRED WITHIN THE MEADOWS APARTMENTS IN CROWLEY AND SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WERE SEEN IN A RED FOUR-DOOR SEDAN FLEEING FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE OR THE OCCUPANTS, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE TIPS. SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS THERE’S BEEN A HIGH VOLUME OF GUN RELATED VIOLENCE IN ACADIA PARISH. HE SAYS THEY NEED THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO PUT A STOP TO THIS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND STOP THE VIOLENCE.
