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THE LOUISIANA ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO CONTROL COMMISSIONER HAS REVOKED THE LIQUOR LICENSE OF LIPSTICK GENTLEMEN’S CLUB, CITING THE CLUB’S FILTHY CONDITIONS. TROY HEBERT’S DECISION TO REVOKE THE LICENSE IS PERMANENT AND, IN EFFECT, WOULD SHUT DOWN THE OPERATIONS OF THE CLUB, WHICH HAS OPERATED IN LAFAYETTE SINCE 1998. THE CLUB WAS RAIDED BY THE LAFAYETTE METRO NARCOTICS TASK FORCE IN MAY AND THE OWNER AND 17 WOMEN WERE CHARGED WITH FELONIES THAT INCLUDED SOLICITING PROSTITUTION, ILLEGAL DRUG SALES, AND OBSCENITY. HEBERT FINED THE OWNER EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS, AND GAVE HIM 45 DAYS TO PAY.
AN OBERLIN MAN WAS FOUND GUILTY OF NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE FOR THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND’S TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. 33-YEAR-OLD BOBBY DAVIS JUNIOR WAS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER FOR THE APRIL 2013 DEATH OF TATIANA HOLYFIELD. HE WILL BE SENTENCED ON AUGUST SIXTH, AND FACES A MAXIMUM OF FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. THE GIRL’S MOTHER, BRANDI HOLYFIELD, PLED GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER EARLIER THIS YEAR.
A MOTORCYCLIST WAS KILLED IN AN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING CRASH IN LAFAYETTE. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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Nearly 138,000 people in Louisiana will continue to receive federal subsidies that help pay for their health insurance. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Thursday a challenge to the federal health law that could have jettisoned tax credits used by Louisianians to buy insurance coverage. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates premiums could have soared by an average of 347 percent in Louisiana — if the court had decided tax credits couldn’t be paid to people in states that use the federal government’s insurance marketplace, rather than creating their own.
Low- and middle-income residents in the state get an average tax credit of $323 per month to help cover their insurance costs, according to Kaiser.
A SCOTT POLICE OFFICER IS ACCUSED OF MAKING NEARLY NINETY UNAUTHORIZED FUEL PURCHASES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, USING A DEPARTMENT-ISSUED FUEL CARD. 43-YEAR-OLD LARRY WILLIAMS WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND CHARGED WITH MALFEASANCE AND UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AN ACCESS CARD. WILLIAMS WAS RELEASED THURSDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL. SCOTT POLICE ADMINISTRATORS NOTICED THE PURCHASES EARLIER THIS MONTH, WHICH TOTALED MORE THAN 35-HUNDRED DOLLARS.
A LAKE CHARLES MARRIAGE COUNSELOR AND THERAPIST, ACCUSED OF SEXUAL BATTERY, HAS PLEADED NO CONTEST TO A CHARGE OF OBSCENITY. CHRISTOPHER KYLE HAY WAS GIVEN A THREE YEAR SUSPENDED SENTENCE, WHICH HE WILL ONLY HAVE TO SERVE IF HE VIOLATES THE TERMS OF HIS FIVE YEAR SUPERVISED PROBATION. HAY ALSO AGREED TO A SUSPENSION OF HIS LICENSE AND AGREED NOT TO PURSUE ANOTHER ONE UNTIL AFTER THE PROBATION PERIOD IS COMPLETE. A TEN YEAR CLIENT OF HAY, CHRISTINE PERRY, ACCUSED HAY OF ASSAULTING HER, AND SAID SHE CAME FORWARD SO OTHER VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WOULD NOT SUFFER IN SILENCE BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT.
A KROTZ SPRINGS WOMAN WAS FOUND GUILTY IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HER SON’S ROOMATE IN 2013. IT TOOK AN OPELOUSAS JURY JUST TWENTY MINUTES OF DELIBERATION BEFORE CONVICTING 68-YEAR-OLD ODEAL LIRETTE
FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER, WHICH CARRIES A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE. LIRETTE SHOT 21-YEAR-OLD RICKY GUILLORY TWICE OUTSIDE OF HER SON’S RESIDENCE. PROSECUTOR DONALD RICHARD TOLD JURORS THAT, HOURS BEFORE THE SHOOTING, SHE HAD GONE TO KROTZ SPRINGS POLICE TO ASK FOR THE REMOVAL OF GUILLORY FROM THE HOME.
State utility regulators have unanimously approved a one-time refund for Cleco customers. The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted Wednesday for a $1.64 million refund. An average customer, using 1,500 kwh per month, can expect a refund of about $3.50 on their September bill. The commission in a press release Thursday said the refund is the result of overcharges found through an audit by commission staff of Cleco’s 2014 formula rate plan filing.
