6-26-17

STATE POLICE RESPONDED TO A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING ON HARRISON ROAD, NEAR LA 29 IN EVANGELINE PARISH. POLICE FOUND JACOB McDANIEL, 36 OF BOYCE, DEAD AT THE SCENE. APPARENTLY, MCDANIEL WAS DRIVING SOUTHBOUND, AND FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE NEAR THE DRIVER’S SIDE DOOR. McDANIEL WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.

 

TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT AROUND TEN SATURDAY NIGHT IN LAFAYETTE AT A GATHERING ON THE 13OO BLOCK OF MOSS STREET. SOMEONE CALLED 9 1 1 AFTER SHOTS WERE FIRED, AND WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY FOUND AN 18 YEAR OLD MAN AND 20 YEAR OLD WOMAN SHOT. BOTH WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS WHERE BOTH ARE RECOVERING IN STABLE CONDITION. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORATION ON SHOOTER OR SHOOTERS PLEASE CONTACT THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CRIMESTOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.

 

DEVON SHAYE DIGGINS, 23 OF KAPLAN, WAS ARRESTED FOR HIT AND RUN YESTERDAY MORNING IN KAPLAN. POLICE VIEWED A VIDEO OF DIGGINS LOSING CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND HITTING TWO PARKED CARS ON THE ACADIANA FORD’S PREOWNED LOT. DIGGINS IS CHARGED WITH HIT AND RUN, FAILURE TO REPORT AN ACCIDENT AND FELONY CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. EACH VEHICLE HAS ABOUT $3,000 IN DAMAGES.

 

JEREMY WILLIAMS, 30 OF CROWLEY, WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A ACCIDENT AROUND 2:30 SATURDAY MORNING ON I-10, THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD. WILLIAMS WAS DRIVING A CHEVROLET MALIBU WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE CAR RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD, HIT A TREE AND OVERTURNED. ALL FOUR PEOPLE IN THE CAR WERE NOT WEARING SEATBELTS AND EJECTED FROM THE CAR. WILLIAMS AND TWO OF THE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MODERATE INJURIES AND THE THIRD PASSENGER, WAYNE ISTRE II, 24 OF RAYNE, SUSTAINED CRITICAL INJURIES AND LATER DIED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. STATE POLICE SUSPECT IMPAIRMENT TO BE A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT HAVE CHARGED WILLIAMS WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE, TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE NEGLIGENT INJURING, CARELESS OPERATION, NO DRIVER’S LICENCE AND NO SEAT BELT.

 

THE LSU TIGERS BASEBALL TEAM PLAYS IN THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FINALS TONIGHT.  JULIE DARCE REPORTS.

 

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LOGAN MIGUES, 19 OF BREAUX BRIDGE, HAS DIED AT A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING INJURIES FROM A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 2:30. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE MIGUES LOST CONTROL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE IN A CURVE AND HIT A TREE ON THE 8000 BLOCK OF CHASTANT ROAD, SOUTH OF YOUNGSVILLE.