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A CARACKING IN EUNICE LED TO A HIGH SPEED CHASE, AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING AND A MAJOR CRASH IN CROWLEY. THE ALLEGED CARJACKER CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ODDFELLOWS AND PARKERSON, BUT THERE WERE ONLY MINOR INJURIES SUFFERED BY THOSE IN THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE SUSPECT WAS WOUNDED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO WAS RETURNING FIRE, ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, AND THEN HE WAS ARRESTED. THE CRASH CAUSED DAMAGE TO A POWER POLE AND THERE WAS ALSO SOME DAMAGE AS WELL AT PJ’S GRILL.
A LAFAYETTE PARISH MAN IS DEAD AFTER AN ACCIDENT ON CARMEL DRIVE TUESDAY NIGHT. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A STING OPERATION IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH LED TO AN ARREST AND THE SEIZURE OF OVER FIFTEEN GRAMS OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD LARRY SIMIEN WAS ARRESTED ON SEVERAL DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES. HE ALLEGEDLY TOSSED DRUGS OUT OF HIS VEHICLE PRIOR TO COMING TO A STOP IN ORDER TO AVOID HAVING THEM BE RECOVERED BY DEPUTIES. SIMIEN WAS BOOKED INTO THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH JAIL.
A BILL THAT EXPANDS THE DEFINITION OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN LOUISIANA WILL BECOME LAW ON AUGUST FIRST. THE BILL, AUTHORED BY REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERY WILEY, WAS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO A SHOOTING AT THE MALL OF LOUISIANA IN BATON ROUGE WHEN AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER, SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD MARTHA ODOM OF LAFAYETTE PARISH, WAS KILLED. THE NEW DEFINITION OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER INCLUDES SHOOTINGS AND GANG VIOLENCE IN PUBLIC SPACES. THE BILL ALSO CREATES THE CRIME OF SECOND-DEGREE CRUELTY TO THE ELDERLY AND INFIRMED.
ON TUESDAY, GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SIGNED A BILL THAT ELIMINATES STATE VEHICLE INSPECTION STICKERS. THEY WILL BE REPLACED BY A Q-R CODE SYSTEM. THE CODE WILL ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT TO GET THE VEHICLE’S VIN, AS WELL AS PROOF OF INSURANCE AND ANY OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. LANDRY SAYS HE WAS FULFILLING A PROMISE WITH THE LEGISLATION.
THE BREAUX BRIDGE MAN WHO LED AUTHORITIES ON A HIGH-SPEED CHASE REMAINS IN JAIL. THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BROCK ROBIN WILL STAY IN JAIL BECAUSE OF A PAROLE VIOLATION. THE SECOND PERSON ARRESTED IN THE CHASE, THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD CORIE BEGNAUD OF SAINT MARTINVILLE, HAS POSTED A FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. THE CHASE ENDED AFTER AN HOURS-LONG MANHUNT IN WHICH ROBIN SWAM ACROSS A POND AND BAYOU TECHE TWICE.
TAMPICO’S RESTAURANT ON JOHNSTON STREET IN LAFAYETTE WAS DAMAGED BY A KITCHEN GREASE FIRE. EMPLOYEES SAID THE FIRE STARTED WHEN THEY WERE HEATING UP GREASE IN A POT WHICH IGNITED GREASE IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE KITCHEN AND THE SPACE ABOVE IT AND ALSO DAMAGED THE ROOF, WHILE THE SEATING AREA HAD HEAVY SMOKE DAMAGE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
NEW RECRUITS FOR THE ABBEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOOK PART IN LIVE FIRE TRAINING EVOLUTION DRILLS. ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF PATRICK ASHLEY TELLS KLFY TV THE GOAL OF THE TRAINING IS TO PREPARE THE RECRUITS FOR THE CHALLENGES THEY WILL FACE IN THE FIELD. THE RECRUITS HAVE BEEN TRAINING FOR MORE THAN A MONTH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUMMER AND ATTEND THE FIRE EMERGENCY TRAINING ACADEMY IN AUGUST. DEPARTMENT LEADERS SAY THE TRAINING EXERCISES ARE IMPORTANT IN PREPARING THEM FOR THE DEMANDS OF THE PROFESSION, ENSURING THEY’RE READY TO RESPOND WHEN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THEM.
