6-24-19
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. 32-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN JOHNSON OF LAFAYETTE WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON TOWNSHIP LANE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 47-YEAR-OLD KEYON LAMPKIN WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER. DEPUTIES SAY AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN THE TWO LED TO THE SHOOTING.
A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED BY WELSH POLICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HIS TWO-MONTH-OLD CHILD. ZACKARY CHAVALLIER ADMITTED HITTING THE BACK OF THE BABY’S HEAD SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE BABY TO STOP CRYING. THE BABY SUFFERED BRAIN INJURIES AND, ON FRIDAY MORNING, DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. CHEVALLIER WAS INITIALLY CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE CRUELTY TO A JUVENILE BUT THE CHARGE WAS UPGRADED TO MANSLAUGHTER AFTER THE BABY DIED.
A FATHER AND DAUGHTER FROM CROWLEY ARE IN JAIL FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING THE DAUGHTER’S BOYFRIEND. MEGAN KELLY REPORTS.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed legislation that could eventually lead to health insurance coverage for some residents if the federal Affordable Care Act is overturned. The Advocate reports the Democratic governor once called the bill a “fig leaf” aimed at saving Louisiana’s Republican attorney general, Jeff Landry, from embarrassment. The new law authorizes Louisiana’s insurance commissioner to study other states’ health care models to find a potential replacement for the individual health exchange under the Affordable Care Act. It would be needed only if the federal health law is overturned.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIND A MAN WHO ATTACKED AND ROBBED A WOMAN IN A LAFAYETTE SHOPPING CENTER FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WOMAN WAS GETTING IN HER CAR NEAR MICHAEL’S AND HOBBY LOBBY WHEN A MAN IN A WHITE FOUR BY FOUR FORD TRUCK WITH A BLACK BED COVER AND A YELLOW LICENSE PLATE PULLED UP NEXT TO HER AND ATTACKED HER WITH A BLUNT OBJECT BEFORE ROBBING HER. WITNESSES SAY THE OBJECT WAS A HAMMER. THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF HER INJURIES.
AN OAKDALE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A JUNE SIXTH HOME FIRE ON WEST BECK STREET. IT WAS LEARNED DURING THE INVESTIGATION THAT 29-YEAR-OLD BRANDON JACKSON TOOK OUT AN INSURANCE POLICY A WEEK BEFORE THE FIRE AND HE HAS SINCE BEEN CHARGED WITH ARSON WITH THE INTENT TO DEFRAUD. 45-YEAR-OLD HEATH REID WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED IN THE FIRE BUT HAS SINCE BEEN CLEARED. HOWEVER DURING THE INVESTIGATION, REID CONFESSED TO HIS INVOLVEMENT IN ANOTHER FIRE AT A CONCRETE STORAGE BUILDING ON EAST SEVENTH STREET ON MAY 14TH, AND HE AND A RELATIVE, 47-YEAR-OLD BOBBY ODOM, HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ARSON WITH THE INTENT TO DEFRAUD.
A FATAL CRASH IN ST. LANDRY PARISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON IS BEING INVESTIGATED. 21-YEAR-OLD QIANA S. ORVILLE OF OPELOUSAS WENT OFF THE ROAD AT A CURVE ON HIGHWAY 167 NEAR BELLRIDGE ROAD AND STRUCK A TREE. SHE WAS KILLED DESPITE WEARING HER SEATBELT. TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN TO DETERMINE IF SHE WAS IMPAIRED.
A lawsuit says Louisiana imposes onerous and unconstitutional permit requirements on people who braid hair for a living. The suit was filed Thursday in Baton Rouge by three practitioners of natural hair braiding techniques practiced widely in African American communities. The suit says Louisiana’s requirement for 500 hours of training is difficult to comply with. That’s because few cosmetology schools offer the course and the state doesn’t appear to even offer the required exam.
