6-28-17
PAUL WALLING, OF LAKE CHARLES, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER YESTERDAY. IT TOOK THE JURY LESS THAN AN HOUR TO UNANIMOUSLY HAND DOWN THE VERDICT. ON FEBRUARY 24TH 2016, WALLING HIT HIS GIRLFRIEND ON HER HEAD AND UPPER BODY REPEATEDLY WITH AN ALUMINUM BAT, THEN LEFT HER FOR DEAD AT THEIR TRAILER IN LeBLEU SETTLEMENT. THE VICTIMS 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CALLED 911 FOR HELP, SAVING HER LIFE. THE BAT WALLING USED HAD A DENT AND BLOOD ON IT. WALLING FACES 10 TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON.
AN UNIDENTIFIED SUSPECT ROBBED A STORE AT GUNPOINT ON THE 400 BLOCK OF BERTRAND DRIVE MONDAY NIGHT. LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS CAPTURED THE MASKED MAN ENTERING THE BUSINESS AROUND 10PM AND DEMANDED MONEY FROM EMPLOYEES AND FLEEING ON FOOT WITH AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF MONEY. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CRIME STOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.
AN UPDATE TO A STORY EARLIER THIS WEEK; LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY A WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR DANERICK PETE, 20 OF LAFAYETTE, FOR TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING ON MOSS STREET OVER THE WEEKEND THAT LEFT A MAN AND A WOMAN INJURED. ANYONE WITH WHERE PETE MAY BE IS URGED TO CONTACT LAFAYETTE POLICE OR CRIME STOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.
LAST NIGHT WAS LAKE CHARLES MAYOR RANDY ROACH’S LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND TO HIS SURPRISE AND NIGHT OF SHARED MEMORIES AND APPRECIATION FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THERE WAS PLENTY OF HUMOR AND A LOT OF RESPECT GIVEN FOR ROACH’S 17 YEARS OF SERVICE. CARSON FASSKE STOOD UP AT ONE POINT TO MAKE A REQUEST THAT BORD DU LAC DRIVE BE CHANGED TO RANDY ROACH PARKWAY. FASSKE SAID “THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THAT HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY THIS MAYOR”. THE COUNCIL VOTED TO HAVE THE STREET NAME CHANGE BROUGHT UP AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ROACH SAID HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY IDEA THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND BELIEVES HE DOESN’T DESERVE ANY PRAISE. HE’S JUST GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE LAKE CHARLES FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS.
A NEW SMOKING BAN GOES INTO EFFECT AUGUST 1ST IN LAFAYETTE. JULIE DARCY HAS THE DETAILS
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(AP) A Louisiana wildlife agent rescued a 55-year-old man and two boys aged 11 and 14 from a sinking shrimp boat. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says a submerged object in Vermilion Bay ripped a hole in the boat as it headed out about 5:30 a.m. yesterday. Spokesman Adam Einck says Sgt. Mitch Darby wasn’t yet on duty, but got a boat to the site after the man called the department. He says the man told Darby that he and the boys were just about to go into the water with life vests on when Darby’s boat arrived about five miles southeast of Cypremort Point. He says the man and the older boy had scrapes and bruises. Einck says the Coast Guard will investigate.
