6-28-23
LAFAYETTE POLICE RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING TUESDAY EVENING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. SYVLIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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AN ABBEVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SETTING FIRE TO A NEIGHBOR’S HOME WITH FIVE PEOPLE INSIDE, INCLUDING AN INFANT. THE OCCUPANTS SMELLED SMOKE AND MANAGED TO GET SAFELY OUT OF THE MOBILE HOME, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE SEVEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF LAMAR STREET. THE HOMEOWNER TOLD VERMILLION PARISH DEPUTIES THAT HE HAD GOTTEN INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH FIFTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY BROWN THAT INVOLVED A THREAT OF FIRE. BROWN WAS BOOKED INTO THE VERMILLION PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED ARSON.
Louisiana’s Supreme Court has sidestepped a ruling on the constitutionality of legislation that gave adult victims of childhood sexual abuse a renewed chance to file lawsuits. Legislation passed in 2021 gave victims until mid-2024 to file such lawsuits, even if preexisting time limits on such suits had expired. A lower court had declared the law unconstitutional. The state Supreme Court said Tuesday that it was premature to rule on the constitutionality of the legislation because the victim in the pending case wasn’t eligible to sue.
A BURN BAN ACROSS JEFF DAVIS PARISH MEANS ACTIVITIES LIKE SETTING OFF FIREWORKS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY ARE HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. STEVE EASTMAN WITH THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH POLICE JURY SAYS FIREWORKS ARE STILL BANNED IN THE PARISH UNTIL A BURN BAN IS LIFTED. HE SAYS THE BAN IS DUE TO THE EXTREME HEAT AND DRY WEATHER. NATALIE CROCHET WITH ANGELO’S FIRE WORKS TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE BURN BAN HAS RESULTED IN A DECREASE IN SALES.
CONSTRUCTION ON A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING FOR CARENCRO, WHICH BEGAN LAST AUGUST, IS ON SCHEDULE TO BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER. IT WILL BE REPLACING CARENCRO HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR AND WAS BUILT IN NINETEEN-FIFTY-EIGHT. THE TWO STORY, NINETY-EIGHT THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WILL BE NAMED AFTER CARENCRO YOUTH BASEBALL COACH A-J BOB LILLY. THE NEW SCHOOL, WHICH COSTS THIRTY-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, WILL HOUSE ABOUT NINE HUNDRED SIXTY STUDENTS, WHICH IS DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF THE CURRENT BUILDING.
CROWLEY POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT WHO ROBBED THE RACEWAY GAS STATION ON NORTH PARKERSON MONDAY NIGHT. ACCORDING TO POLICE, A BLACK MAN, WITH A MEDIUM TO STOCKY BUILD AND WEARING A LIGHT-COLORED MASK, ATTEMPTED TO REACH ACROSS THE COUNTER AND TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE CASH REGISTER. HE THEN WENT AROUND THE COUNTER AND TOOK CIGARETTES AND MONEY OUT OF THE REGISTER BEFORE LEAVING ON FOOT IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THIS CRIME IS ASKED TO CALL THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT’S CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION AT SEVEN-EIGHT-EIGHT-FORTY-ONE-THIRTY-TWO.
The Biden administration has dropped investigations into whether Louisiana officials put Black residents living in an industrial stretch of the state at increased cancer risk. They said in a court filing that a resolution with the state “is not feasible.” The decision follows Louisiana’s court challenge to the investigations. In that challenge, the state said the EPA had exceeded its authority and “weaponized” civil rights law.
THE OPELOUSAS CITY MARSHAL HAS FORMED AN INTERDICTION TEAM TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY EXPAND THEIR REACH FOR DRUG SMUGGLERS AND WANTED FELONS BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS. CITY MARSHAL PAUL MOUTON SAYS, SINCE THE INTERDICTION TEAM WAS REFORMED SIX WEEKS AGO, THEY HAVE MADE OVER FORTY FELONY ARRESTS AND TAKEN THIRTY FIREARMS OFF THE STREETS. HE SAYS HE HOPES THE RESULTS SO FAR WILL RESULT IN MORE FUNDING FOR DEPUTIES AND EQUIPMENT. MOUTON TELLS KLFY TV THEY ARE VERY UNDERFUNDED AND DO NOT HAVE A LOT WITH WHICH TO WORK.
