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JEANERETTE POLICE HAVE ISSUED WARRANTS FOR THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN IN A SHOOTING ON CANAL STREET WEDNESDAY, TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD JAVON ROBERTSON OF JEANERETTE, AS WELL AS TWENTY-YEAR-OLD KYZUN (KIE zuhn) CLAY OF BALDWIN. BOTH FLED FROM BALDWIN POLICE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP WHILE TWO OTHERS WERE ARRESTED ON FIREARM AND DRUG CHARGES, JAWAN COLAR (COH ler) AND TREYONNE DAVIS. OFFICIALS SAY DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION, THEY FOUND A LARGE AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA, ONE HANDGUN AND AN ASSAULT STYLE FIREARM. TWO OTHER SUSPECTS IN THE CANAL STREET SHOOTING, THAT LEFT ONE MAN INJURED, WERE ARRESTED BY JEANERETTE POLICE, SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD MIGUEL MARTINEZ AND NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD JAYLON CHARLES.
AROUND TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED ENTERGY CUSTOMERS IN THE BROUSSARD AREA WERE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR A FEW HOURS YESTERDAY. ENTERGY OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS CAUSED BY A TREE FALLING ON A POWER LINE. THE CUSTOMERS AFFECTED WERE IN SOUTH LAFAYETTE, BROUSSARD AND INTO SAINT MARTIN PARISH. POWER WAS RESTORED TO MOST CUSTOMERS BY ONE P-M.
Louisiana is poised to adopt new measures that watchdogs warn raise barriers to holding public officials accountable via the state’s ethics board. The legislation was drafted by the personal attorney of Gov. Jeff Landry, who faces charges brought by the board for violating state ethics laws. After overwhelmingly passing in the House and Senate, it awaits Landry’s signature. Another bill, pending final passage in the Senate, requires complainants to disclose their names to those they are accusing of wrongdoing.
IT’S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE TAMEIKA WATLEY WENT MISSING. HER MOTHER WAS THE LAST PERSON TO HEAR FROM HER ON JUNE FIFTH OF TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE CASE BUT THEY’VE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY. TAMEIKA’S FAMILY ASKS THAT ANYONE WHO HAS HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO COME FORWARD TO AUTHORITIES WITH THAT INFORMATION.
A HOME ON NORTH AVENUE A IN CROWLEY WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. IT BELONGED TO LONGTIME CROWLEY ALDERMAN VERNON STEP MARTIN AND WAS BEING USED AS AN OFFICE. MARTIN’S GRANDSON, TYLER ROBERTS, WENT INTO THE BURNING HOME TO SAVE THE FAMILY’S DOGS. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT PLANS A ROAD SWAP PLAN WITH THE STATE SO THAT A BERTRAND DRIVE REVITALIZATION PROJECT CAN BEGIN. THEY PLAN TO EXCHANGE A SECTION OF AMBASSADOR CAFFERY FOR A PORTION OF JOHNSTON STREET AND BERTRAND DRIVE. THIS WILL ALLOW LCG TO INSTALL AND WIDEN SIDEWALKS ON BERTRAND DRIVE. THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO CAJUN FIELD AND MONCUS PARK.
ALL JUDGES IN LOUISIANA ARE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO TRAINING IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA-INFORMED COURTS. THE RULE BY THE STATE SUPREME COURT REQUIRES JUDGES TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING FOR ONE HOUR EVERY OTHER YEAR. THE SUPREME COURT SAYS IN A NEWS RELEASE THAT THIS WILL ENSURE JUDGES HAVE THE LATEST ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND BEST PRACTICES ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE FURTHER TRAUMA TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT SAYS THE RULE CHANGE WAS PROMPTED BY AN INCREASE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES IN THE STATE.
IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH, THE MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY WENT BEFORE A JUDGE YESTERDAY FOR HIS BOND HEARING. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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