6-3-25
AN OPELOUSAS MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE STABBING OF A SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD ON SUNDAY. SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS DEPUTIES, RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALL IN THE LEONVILLE AREA, FOUND THE BOY WITH MULTIPLE LACERATIONS AND STAB WOUNDS TO THE FACE, NECK AND CHEST AREA. HE WAS TAKEN TO A BATON ROUGE HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD PATRICK SETH GREENE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND RESISTING AN OFFICER.
LAFAYETTE LIBRARY BOARD MEMBER ROBERT JUDGE IS FACING A STATE ETHICS COMPLAINT, WHICH ACCUSES HIM OF USING HIS POSITION TO BENEFIT HIMSELF FINANCIALLY. THE COMPLAINT COMES AFTER A FEDERAL LAWSUIT ACCUSED JUDGE OF ROUTINELY VIOLATING FREE SPEECH RIGHTS AT BOARD MEETINGS. THE STATE ETHICS COMPLAINT QUESTIONS THE LEGALITY OF JUDGE SOLICITING DONATIONS THROUGH GO FUND ME FOR HIS LEGAL FEES. JUDGE TELLS KADN TV THAT THE LAWSUIT AND ETHICS COMPLAINT IS PART OF A CAMPAIGN BY LIBRARY ACTIVISTS TO DISCREDIT HIM.
YESTERDAY, THE LOUISIANA HOUSE PASSED A BILL MAKING IT A CRIME TO INTENTIONALLY GIVE SOMEONE AN INCURABLE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION. IT HEADS NEXT TO THE LOUISIANA SENATE. THE SPONSOR OF THE BILL, DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVE PAT MOORE OF MONROE, SAYS HER BILL DOES NOT TARGET THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE, WHO DISCLOSE THEIR DIAGNOSIS, BUT ONLY THOSE WHO DISREGARD THE SAFETY OF OTHERS. A PART OF THE BILL WAS STRIPPED THAT WOULD HAVE CHARGED A MISDEMEANOR FOR ANYONE WHO EXPOSED SOMEONE TO A CUREABLE S-T-I.
DERIDDER POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PERSON THEY BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ATTEMPTED ARSON AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF DERIDDER. POLICE CHIEF CRAIG RICHARD SAYS A HEAVY-SET WHITE MALE, DRIVING A SMALL, DARK S-U-V, ATTEMPTED TO SET FIRE TO THE CHURCH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HE SAYS THE SUSPECT IS BELIEVED TO BE IN ANOTHER PARISH JAIL ON UNRELATED CHARGES. RICHARD SAYS ONCE AN ARREST IS MADE, THEY WILL RELEASE THE IDENTITY OF THE SUSPECT.
A VILLE PLATTE POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE FOR MISHANDLING EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE OF A SHOOTING. OFFICER CARLA THIBODEAUX ALLEGEDLY TOOK BULLET CASINGS FROM THE SHOOTING SCENE AT THE VILLE PLATTE HOUSING AUTHORITY. THE CASINGS WERE NEVER HANDED OVER TO INVESTIGATORS AND HAVE YET TO BE FOUND. THIBODEAUX WAS ARRESTED AT HER HOME IN ACADIA PARISH BY ACADIA PARISH DEPUTIES AND TRANSFERRED TO THE EVANGELINE PARISH JAIL.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS WARNING OF A TEXT SCAM. THEY SAY PEOPLE IN ACADIANA ARE GETTING TEXTS ALLEGEDLY FROM E-Z PASS OR ANOTHER TOLL SERVICE SAYING THEY OWE MONEY. IT’S A SCAM AND, IF YOU RECEIVE SUCH A TEXT, YOU’RE URGED TO NOT CLICK THE LINK. IT’S AN ATTEMPT BY THE SCAMMERS TO STEAL PERSONAL OR PAYMENT INFORMATION.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SAYS LOUISIANA NEEDS TO RETHINK HOW IT REGULATES UTILITIES SO THAT CUSTOMERS DON’T END UP PAYING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO MEET RISING ELECTRICITY NEEDS. HE WAS SPEAKING TO ENERGY INDUSTRY LEADERS AT THE EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS YESTERDAY. LANDRY SAYS THE PROBLEM THEY HAVE TO SOLVE IS HOW TO MEET THE DEMAND WITHOUT LAYING IT ON THE BACKS OF THE CONSUMER. HIS REMARKS COME AS ENTERGY LOUISIANA IS SEEKING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF NATURAL GAS-FIRED POWER TO REPLACE POWER STATIONS THAT WILL BE DEACTIVATED IN THE COMING YEARS.
THE RAYNE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE REGARDING AN UNATTENDED DEATH. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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