6-25-19
U-L BASEBALL COACH TONY ROBICHEAUX IS RECOVERING FROM A HEART ATTACK. MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE.
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THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR A HIT-AND-RUN SUSPECT WHO KILLED TWO DOGS ON JUNE 12TH. IT HAPPENED IN FRONT OF A DAY CARE ON HAM REID ROAD IN LAKE CHARLES, WHEN THE DRIVER NARROWLY MISSED A PERSON BUT HIT THE TWO DOGS THAT PERSON WAS WALKING. IT’S BELIEVED THE VEHICLE WAS A SILVER 2010 INFINITY G-37, WHICH WOULD HAVE DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FRONT PASSENGER HEADLIGHT AREA INCLUDING MISSING BODY PANELS. ANYONE WHO KNOWS OF A VEHICLE MATCHING THIS DESCRIPTION IS URGED TO CONTACT SERGEANT BRYAN GUTH WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT 491-38-46.
THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR A SUSPICIOUS WHITE VAN. A WOMAN WAS FOLLOWED TWICE BY THE WHITE VAN AND THE SECOND TIME, SOMEONE IN THE VEHICLE BRANDISHED A FIREARM TRYING TO GET HER TO PULL OVER. THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE IN THE VAN. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP THE AUTHORITIES IS ASKED TO CALL ST. LANDRY PARISH CRIMESTOPPERS AT 948-TIPS.
DOZENS OF ACCUSED CHILD PREDATORS ARE FACING CHARGES IN LOUISIANA. MEGAN KELLY EXPLAINS.
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THERE ARE MORE THAN 24 MILLION DOLLARS IN PROJECTS FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH THAT ARE IN THE STATE CAPITAL OUTLAY BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE. HOWEVER IT HASN’T BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR YET WHO COULD LINE-ITEM VETO ANY OR ALL OF THE PROJECTS. THE BIGGEST ITEM IS TEN MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT’S NEW TERMINAL. THERE’S ALSO FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR WASTEWATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGED BY FLOODING IN CARENCRO, NEARLY FOUR-AND-A-HALF MILLION TO RECONSTRUCT A SECTION OF SOUTH BERNARD ROAD IN BROUSSARD AND THREE MILLION FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH COURTHOUSE RENOVATIONS.
AN OAKDALE POLICE OFFICER WAS FIRED IN A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY. JOCELYN JACKSON WAS ONE OF FOUR OFFICERS IN THE OAKDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO WERE INDICTED LAST WEEK ON VARIOUS CHARGES. JACKSON WAS CHARGED WITH SIMPLE BATTERY. HOWEVER, OAKDALE MAYOR GENE PAUL SAYS JACKSON WAS FIRED BECAUSE SHE NEVER COMPLETED THE POLICE ACADEMY.
CROWLEY POLICE SAY A WOMAN WHO RAN OVER A MAN ON SUNDAY WAS UPSET BECAUSE HE WAS THE FATHER OF HER CHILD AND SHE SAW HIM WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. THEY SAY THE MAN, 19-YEAR-OLD MELVIN DUGAR, FOLLOWED THE WOMAN, 18-YEAR-OLD JASMINE BOURQUE TO HER HOME AND GOT INTO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION. THAT WHEN BOURQUE’S FATHER, 37-YEAR-OLD CECIL BOURQUE, GOT INVOLVED, HITTING DUGAR WITH A HAMMER, CAUSING INJURIES TO HIS RIBS, RIGHT LEG, FACE AND HEAD. CECIL BOURQUE FACES CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER AND HATE CRIMES, JASMINE BOURQE FACES ATTEMPTED MANSLAUGHTER AND DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY CHARGES, AND DUGAR WAS BOOKED ON AGGRAVATED BATTERY, TWO COUNTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY AND SIMPLE CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
A REPORT BY ADVOCACY GROUPS THAT INCLUDE THE A-C-L-U OF LOUISIANA FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF STATE PRISONERS WERE HELD IN ISOLATION FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. THE REPORT IS BASED ON A SURVEY OF 700 STATE PRISONERS. MORE THAN 77 PERCENT SAID THEY HAD BEEN HELD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND THIRTY PERCENT SAID THEY WERE IN SOLITARY FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS DISPUTED THE REPORT SAYING MANY OF THE ASSERTIONS WERE VAGUE AND “BLATANT LIES.”
