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THE DUSON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUND ONE-POINT-3 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF COCAINE IN A VAN LOCATED IN THE SUPER EIGHT MOTEL PARKING LOT, BUT THEY HAVE NO SUSPECTS. POLICE CHIEF KIP JUDICE SAYS THEY RECEIVED A 9-1-1 CALL FROM SOMEONE WHO SAYS HE WAS ASKED TO DRIVE THE VAN SOMEWHERE AND WAS TOLD IT CONTAINED COCAINE. A SEARCH OF THE VAN RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF 13 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE HIDDEN IN THE INTERIOR PANELING. JUDICE SAYS THEY HOPE THE PERSON WHO MADE THE 9-1-1 CALL WILL COME FORWARD SO THEY CAN FIND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DRUGS.
LAKE ARTHUR MAYOR ROBERT BERTRAND HAS RESIGNED FROM OFFICE. HE SUBMITTED A LETTER OF RESIGNATION ON MAY 31ST, JUST DAYS BEFORE SOME LAKE ARTHUR RESIDENTS HAD PLANNED TO LAUNCH A RECALL PETITION. BERTRAND TELLS KPLC TV THAT HIS RESIGNATION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL EFFORTS. HE SAYS HE WANTED TO FOCUS MORE ON HIS FULL TIME JOB.
A FORMER NEW IBERIA CITY COUNCILMAN IS SUING IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF LOUIS ACKAL FOR DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER. IN DECEMBER OF 2015, THE TRUCK BELONGING TO THEN CITY COUNCILMAN RAYMOND SHOE DO LEWIS WAS USED IN A STRING OF BURGLARIES IN IBERIA AND ST. MARY PARISHES. ST. MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED TWO MEN AND CLEARED LEWIS FROM ANY IMPLICATION IN THE CRIMES, BUT SHERIFF ACKAL WANTED LEWIS TO COME IN AND EXPLAIN HOW HIS TRUCK ENDED UP BEING USED, SOMETHING LEWIS REFUSED TO DO. ACKAL TELLS KLFY TV THAT IF THE LAWSUIT IS FOUND TO BE FRIVOLOUS, HE PLANS TO FILE A COUNTERSUIT.
Three of the most significant portions of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ plan to overhaul the state’s criminal justice system are edging closer to becoming law after passing their most difficult test of the session. The House on Monday advanced three Senate-backed bills to expand probation and parole opportunities and shrink sentences for some offenders, mainly those jailed for non-violent crimes. The amended bills move back to the Senate for approval before they can go to the governor’s desk. If the measures all pass, Edwards expects Louisiana’s prison population will fall by 10 percent over the next decade.
Lawmakers have revived efforts to rewrite a Louisiana law requiring people to produce a birth certificate to get a marriage license, a statute that has been temporarily blocked. A federal judge in March stopped enforcement of the 2016 law after a foreign-born U.S. citizen sued because he was unable to obtain a marriage license. But a House-backed proposal to tweak the law was derailed in a Senate committee after it ran into criticism from those involved in the lawsuit.
Senators on Monday unanimously agreed to add language into an unrelated bill that would allow applicants who aren’t able to provide a birth certificate or a social security number to get a waiver from a judge.
SEARCH EFFORTS CONTINUE FOR MISSING LAFAYETTE TEEN DAISY LYNN LANDRY. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS WAS AT THE PORT OF LAKE CHARLES YESTERDAY TO ANNOUNCE AN ADDITIONAL TEN MILLION DOLLARS OF FEDERAL FUNDING TO DREDGE THE SHIP CHANNEL. ORIGINALLY THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT PLANNED TO SPEND 22 MILLION DOLLARS, BUT HIGGINS AND THE LOUISIANA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION PUSHED FOR AND GOT MORE FUNDING. THE COST TO DREDGE THE SHIP CHANNEL IS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MILLION DOLLARS. HIGGINS SAYS KEEPING THE CHANNEL OPEN IS IMPORTANT TO THE STATE ECONOMICALLY AND HE WILL PUSH FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE 40 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR DREDGING.
A MAN WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH AN APRIL 2015 SHOOTING IN CROWLEY WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY IN LAFAYETTE BY THE CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE. 23-YEAR-OLD DILLAN GREEN WAS APPREHENDED IN THE 200 BLOCK OF PAUL BREAUX AVENUE. GREEN IS BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF TWO MEN WHO FORCED THEIR WAY INTO AN APARTMENT AT THE KATHY APARTMENTS IN CROWLEY AND BEGAN SHOOTING. A MALE VICTIM WAS SHOT IN THE FACE, ARM AND BACK.
