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SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE SEARCING FOR A MAN, WHOSE WIFE WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THEIR HOME. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT AROUND SEVEN-FORTY LAST NIGHT. SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS DEPUTIES RECEIVED REPORTS OF A WOMAN BEING SHOT AT A MOBILE HOME, LOCATED NEXT TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. GUIDROZ HAS NOT YET RELEASED THE NAME OF THE VICTIM OR THE PERSON OF INTEREST.
A SCOTT WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND BOND WAS SET AT FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TAKING HER SON FROM HIS LEGAL GUARDIANS AND THEN LEAVING HIM WITH THE CAB DRIVER WHEN SHE WAS DROPPED OFF AT A HOTEL. POLICE CHIEF CHAD LEGER SAYS TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BRIANNA ROY ALLEGEDLY FORCED HER WAY INTO A HOME WHERE HE CHILDREN WERE STAYING ON WESTGATE ROAD, DEMANDING MONEY, AND SMASHED A GAMING CONSOLE THROUGH THE FRONT GLASS DOOR. SHE THEN GRABBED ONE OF HER CHILDREN AND FORCED HIM INTO THE WAITING CAB. POLICE WERE ABLE TO TRACK THE DROP OFF LOCATION AND SAFELY TOOK THE CHILD BACK INTO CUSTODY.
DURING A HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY, CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS QUESTIONED U-S COAST GUARD ADMIRAL CARL SCHULTZ AND REQUESTED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SEACOR POWER TRAGEDY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD YESTERDAY IN LAKE ARTHUR FOR TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD PAIGE MARTIN, WHO WAS FOUND DEAD BY LONGVIEW, TEXAS POLICE ON JUNE FIFTEENTH DURING A WELFARE CHECK. IN A RELEASE FROM THE LONGVIEW POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY SAY MARTIN APPEARED TO HAVE INJURIES TO HER NECK. HER BOYFRIEND, TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD DONTREY WALKER, WAS ARRESTED BY HUNTSVILLE POLICE AFTER A STANDOFF. HE ALLEGEDLY TOLD HUNTSVILLE POLICE THAT HE KILLED MARTIN.
ONE PERSON IS DEAD FOLLOWING A SHOOTING LATE LAST NIGHT IN VERMILLION PARISH. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
CLIFF GUIDRY OF GUIDRY LAND DEVELOPMENT HAS UNVEILED PLANS TO BUILD TWO HIGH RISE TOWERS IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE. THE TOWERS WOULD BE TWENTY-STORIES HIGH, MAKING THEM THE TALLEST IN THE CITY. THE TOWERS WOULD BE LOCATED ON LAFAYETTE STREET, NEXT TO THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE. THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND CONSTRUCTION PLANNED TO BEGIN NEXT YEAR WITH THE TOWERS BEING FINISHED BY TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR.
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN LOCATING A MISSING TEENAGER. FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAYANI FUNEZ-MARTINEZ WAS LAST SEEN AT HER HOME ON OLIVIER ROAD TUESDAY NIGHT AT AROUND NINE P-M. SHE LEFT HOME WALKING WITH AN UNKNOWN HISPANIC FEMALE AND IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE IN DANGER. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON HER WHEREABOUTS, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO IS WARNING RESIDENTS TO BE ALERT TO A SCAM THAT HAS BECOME PREVALENT IN HIS DISTRICT. HE SAYS SOMEONE PURPORTING TO BE FROM THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND USING THE NAME OF A CURRENT EMPLOYEE, TELLS THE INTENDED VICTIM THAT THERE IS AN ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR THEM BUT THEY CAN VOID IT IF THEY PURCHASE A PREPAID GIFT CARD. MANCUSO SAYS THE CALLER TRIES TO CREATE URGENCY, SAYING THE PURCHASE HAS TO TAKE PLACE IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD, SUCH AS THIRTY MINUTES. MANCUSO SAYS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL MAY CALL YOU IF YOU HAVE A WARRANT, BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL HE ASK FOR MONEY OR SOME FORM OF PAYMENT.
