6-29-23
OPELOUSAS POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF A SHOOTING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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HOME BURGLARIES ARE DOWN IN LAFAYETTE COMPARED TO DATA FROM TWENTY-NINETEEN, WHEN LAFAYETTE RANKED NINTH IN THE NATION. BACK IN TWENTY-NINETEEN, LAFAYETTE HAD SIX HUNDRED NINETEEN RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES PER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND RESIDENTS. SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN WITH THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT TELLS KLFY TV THAT NUMBER HAS DROPPED TO FOUR HUNDRED. GREEN SAYS THE TWO NORTHSIDE PRECINCTS HAD A SLIGHTLY HIGHER REPORT OF HOME BURGLARIES IN TWENTY-TWENTY-TWO THAN THE REMAINING THREE PRECINCTS.
JENNINGS MAYOR HENRY GUINN SAYS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA IS BRINGING A BUZZ AROUND THE CITY OF WHICH THEY ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT, IN ADDITION TO NEW BUSINESSES LIKE JOHN DEERE AND STARBUCKS, THEY’VE PARTNERED UP WITH A PRIVATE EQUITY GROUP AT HIGHWAY NINETY-SEVEN TO BRING A MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITY, A HOTEL, AND POTENTIALLY A FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT AND ANOTHER COFFEE SHOP. GUINN SAYS THERE ARE EVEN PLANS TO OPEN A RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER ON TWELVE ACRES OF LAND. MAYOR GUINN SAYS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, JENNINGS WILL BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE VISIT AND WANT TO STAY.
Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed eight bills recently passed by the Republican-dominated Legislature. Among the legislation blocked from becoming law on Wednesday is a bill that would have criminalized approaching within 25 feet of a police officer while they are engaged in enforcement duties. If found guilty of the proposed misdemeanor, a person could face a $500 fine or up to 60 days in prison. If lawmakers decide to, they could return to the Capitol in July for a veto session, in an attempt to override the governor’s decision.
GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS EARLIER THIS MONTH SIGNED INTO LAW A BAN ON THE USE OF TIK TOK ON STATE-OWNED EQUIPMENT. REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE DARYL DESHOTEL OF MARKSVILLE SAYS THE BAN ADDS A LEVEL OF PROTECTION FOR THE STATE. THE CONCERN IS THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWED TO REQUEST DATA FROM THE COMPANY THAT OWNS TIK TOK AT ANYTIME WITHOUT A COURT ORDER OR REVIEW. SOME COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE UPSET WITH THE BAN BECAUSE THOSE USING WI-FI CONNECTIONS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR TIK TOK ACCOUNTS.
BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT IN AN ARMED ROBBERY AND STABBING. IT HAPPENED MARCH TWENTY-SEVENTH ON ALVA DRIVE. POLICE HAVE OBTAINED A WARRANT FOR OSCAR PETE GLOVER, WHO IS WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER. IF YOU SEE GLOVER, YOU ARE URGED TO CALL NINE-ONE-ONE BUT DO NOT APPROACH HIM AS HE IS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE A FATAL STABBING THAT HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT IN THE THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF EAST SIMCOE STREET. THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN MALBROUGH WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. JONATHAN’S MOTHER, CHYSONDRA MALBROUGH, TELLS KATC IT WAS AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN HER SON AND HER FIANCE, SIXTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD WILSON MARSHALL, THAT LED TO THE STABBING. CHYSONDRA SAYS SHE’S NOT BEEN ABLE TO EAT OR SLEEP SINCE SEEING HER FIANCE TAKE HIS LAST BREATH.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO IDENTIFY A SUSPECT WHO FIRED SHOTS ON ANOTHER VEHICLE. ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY FIFTEENTH, TWO VEHICLES WERE STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST NORTHERN AND CAPITAL AVENUE, WHEN A PERSON IN ONE OF THE VEHICLES BEGAN FIRING SHOTS AT THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF THEM. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE WAS A SILVER SEDAN, WHICH WAS LAST SEEN HEADING SOUTH ON CAPITOL AVENUE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS CRIME IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS.
