6-28-18
AN ALLEGED CHILD PREDATOR FROM LAFAYETTE WHO WAS WANTED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE WAS CAPTURED IN RAPIDES PARISH. YESTERDAY MORNING DEPUTIES FOUND 65-YEAR-OLD DURICE “JOEY” RICHARD AT A HOME IN THE OTIS AREA. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WILL BE EXTRADITED TO LAFAYETTE PARISH. RICHARD FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING THIRTY COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF SEXUAL ABUSE IMAGES AND VIDEOS INVOLVING CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN, AND TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION OF THOSE IMAGES AND VIDEOS.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN IS BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE POOR CONDITION OF HEADSTONES AT CORPORATION CEMETARY. GLYN FARBER TELLS KPLC TV THAT HE WAS UPSET WITH HEADSTONES SHOVED INTO OR COMPLETELY COVERED IN CONCRETE, WHICH, HE SAYS, IS VERY DISREPECTFUL TO THOSE BURIED THERE. HE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE LOUISIANA CEMETARY BOARD AND TALKED TO THE MAYOR, WHO, HE SAYS, PROMISED NOT TO DO THAT AGAIN. FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS, HE AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN CLEANING THE HEADSTONES.
A NINE-MONTH-OLD JEANERETTE BOY KIDNAPPED OVERNIGHT HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE AND THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY. GERALD GRUENIG REPORTS.
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Louisiana is again adjusting the rules for an 80-year-old property tax break for industrial manufacturers. The new rules for the Industrial Tax Exemption Program were approved Wednesday by the Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry unanimously. The Advocate reports the latest rewrite does away with complete forgiveness of property taxes. Instead, companies with new applications will be able to get a tax break covering 80 percent of the taxes they otherwise would owe, for up to 10 years.
U-L LAFAYETTE HAS CREATED THE KATHLEEN BABINEAUX BLANCO PUBLIC POLICY CENTER IN HONOR OF THE FORMER GOVERNOR. THE CENTER WILL WORK WITH THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND THE EDITH GARLAND DUPRE LIBRARY ON RESEARCH, TRAINING AND OVERSEEING THE ARCHIVES OF BLANCO’S RECORDS AND PAPERS. U-L HAS NOT GIVEN MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THE CENTER YET, BUT THE DAILY ADVERTISOR GLEANED SOME DETAILS FROM A JOB NOTICE POSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY. THE CENTER WILL FOCUS ON PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES BLANCO WORKED ON AND PROVIDE POLICYMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC WITH INFORMATION TO HELP IMPROVE LIVES AND COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE STATE.
THE THIRD MAN INVOLVED IN AN ARMED ROBBERY ON MADELINE STREET IN LAKE CHARLES THAT TURNED DEADLY, WILL FACE CHARGES OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AND AGGRAVATED BURGLARY. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD AUSTIN KERN OF SULPHUR WAS CAPTURED BY THE U-S MARSHAL SERVICE IN UTAH ON MONDAY. KERN WAS ONE OF THREE MEN INVOLVED IN THE HOME INVASION IN JANUARY. ONE OF THE MEN, ISAIAH WILLIAMS, WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY THE HOMEOWNER, WHILE THE OTHER MAN, FREDDIE VEZIA, IS SERVING TEN YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO HOME INVASION.
RAYNE POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY THAT HAPPENED ON JUNE 11TH IN THE 400 BLOCK OF OAK STREET. ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON HAS THE DETAILS.
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Louisiana officials arrested 62 people accused of child pornography and child sexual abuse, in a statewide law enforcement effort between March and May.
Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office announced the arrests Wednesday at an event with federal, state and local agencies. The coordinated effort is known as Operation Broken Heart, part of a national investigative and prevention effort targeting child predators. Arrests around Louisiana included for possession, distribution and production of child pornography and other crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
