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RIP VAN WINKLE GARDENS IN IBERIA PARISH IS RECOVERING FROM STORM DAMAGE OVER THE WEEKEND. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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DELCAMBRE IN VERMILLION PARISH WAS HIT HARD BY STORMS SUNDAY. THE STORMS CONTAINED HEAVY WINDS, HAIL AND LIGHTNING, CAUSING DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES AND ROAD CLOSURES. ONE RESIDENT, CHAD THIBODEAUX, TELLS KLFY TV THAT IT WAS MORE INTENSE THAN A HURRICANE. HE SAYS THE WINDS KNOCKED DOWN A LARGE OAK TREE BEHIND HIS HOUSE AND PICKED UP THE OUTDOOR FURNITURE.
OUR LADY OF LOURDES WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN LAFAYETTE WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN FRIDAY EVENING AFTER A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE WAS FOUND IN THE PARKING LOT. THE LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED LATER THAT NIGHT WHEN THE PACKAGE WAS THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED BY AUTHORITIES AND DEEMED SAFE. ON SATURDAY, LAFAYETTE POLICE ARRESTED THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ALBERT ROMERO AND BOOKED HIM INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON ONE COUNT OF TERRORIZING.
YESTERDAY THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE APPROVED THE STATE BUDGET. IT INCLUDED A PLAN TO DRAWING SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN MILLION DOLLARS FROM MONEY THAT WOULD NORMALLY GO INTO THE STATE SAVINGS ACCOUNT. OF THAT, THREE HUNDRED NINETY MILLION WOULD GO INTO A FUND FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS AND MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION WOULD FUND CRIMINAL JUSTICE NEEDS. THE REGULAR SESSION ENDS AT SIX P-M TONIGHT.
Civil rights attorneys say a new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a police officer under certain circumstances is an affront to the movement for racial justice and violates the First Amendment. Critics have said the law signed this week by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry could hinder the public’s ability to film officers. Bystander cellphone videos are largely credited with revealing police misconduct. Proponents argue the new law will create a buffer zone to help ensure the safety of officers.
A LAKE CHARLES JURY ON FRIDAY FOUND ERRON FONTENOT GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF JAMES BARRILLEAUX. IT WAS CALLED A SENSELESS KILLING IN THE TRIAL WHICH REVEALED FONTENOT SHOT BARRILLEAUX WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR ON FONTENOT’S MOTHER’S FRONT PORCH IN SULPHUR. FONTENOT CONFESSED TO THE CRIME IN A RECORDED VIDEO STATEMENT WHERE HE REVEALED HOW HE PLANNED IT INCLUDING THE COVER UP. FONTENOT FACES MANDATORY LIFE IMPRISONMENT WHEN HE IS SENTENCED ON JULY TWENTY-SIXTH.
MELVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY MAY SIXTEENTH AT A HOME ON JACKSON LANE IN WHICH MORE THAN EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ITEMS WERE STOLEN. THE HOMEOWNER WAS IN THE HOSPITAL AT THE TIME OF THE THEFT. MELVILLE POLICE HAVE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD RODNEY SANDERS OF MELVILLE ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING AGGRAVATED BURGLARY AND FELONY THEFT. SOME OF THE ITEMS WERE RECOVERED AT AN ABANDONED HOME ON FIRST STREET INCLUDING JEWELRY, COINS AND ELEVEN WEAPONS.
THE VICTIM IN A SHOOTING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN LAFAYETTE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING IN THE THIRTY-EIGHT-HUNDRED BLOCK OF WEST CONGRESS STREET JUST BEFORE ONE A-M. THEY FOUND THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD COREY JAMES LAPOINT OF LAFAYETTE DEAD FROM MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
