6-8-22
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A HIGH-SPEED CHASE THAT ENDED WITH A CRASH IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE CARENCRO COMMUNITY CENTER EARLY TUESDAY. THE VEHICLE, A FORD EXPLORER, HAD BEEN STOLEN IN LAFAYETTE AND THE DRIVER, EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAMARI TILLMAN OF MORGAN CITY, FLED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN A POLICE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO PULL HIM OVER FOR DRIVING WITH NO TAILLIGHTS. A PASSENGER IN THE EXPLORER, GEORGE DESAMON JUNIOR, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. TILLMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MODERATE INJURIES.
IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SAY THEY SUSPECT TWO MEN DIED OF DRUG OVERDOSES. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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CALCASIEU PARISH HAS AN URGENT NEED FOR ELECTION COMMISSIONERS. CLERK OF COURT LYNN JONES SAYS THEY HAVE ABOUT HALF OF THE COMMISSIONERS THEY NEED DUE TO COVID AND THE HURRICANES. COMMISSIONERS EARN UP TO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS PER ELECTION. THOSE INTERESTED CAN ATTEND CLASSES BEING HELD AT THE WEST CAL EVENT CENTER IN SULPHUR NEXT TUESDAY AT SIX P-M AND AT THE CALCASIEU COURTHOUSE IN LAKE CHARLES THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY, ALSO AT SIX P-M.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has called a special legislative session to draw new congressional district boundaries after a federal judge threw out a map adopted earlier this year. Meanwhile, the state’s top election official and legislative leaders have asked the judge to put her ruling on hold while they appeal. Unless it’s blocked by the courts, the six-day special session will begin June 15 and end June 20 — the deadline U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick set for drawing a new map. Opponents of the plan drawn up earlier this year by the Republican-led Legislature say the state should have included a second majority-black district.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed a bill that he calls a rollback of the state’s 2017 prison reform efforts. The measure would have forced prisoners convicted of four or more non-violent offenses to serve more time before they could earn early release for good behavior or become eligible for parole. In his Tuesday veto message, Edwards said the 2017 reforms that led to earlier releases of non-violent offenders enabled the state to fund programs aimed at reducing returns to prison. In a committee hearing during the legislative session, the bill’s author argued that repeat offenders are getting out of prison before they can take advantage of such programs.
A LOUISIANA-THEMED PLAYGROUND AND INTERACTIVE WATER FEATURE WILL BE OPENING AT NOON THIS SATURDAY AT MONCUS PARK IN LAFAYETTE. THE OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL PLAYGROUND INCLUDES NATURE-INSPIRED STRUCTURES AND INTERACTIVE PIECES SURROUNDED BY A CUSTOM RUBBER SURFACE, MAKING IT LOOK LIKE A LOUISIANA SWAMP. ACADIANA’S LANDSCAPE IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE DESIGN OF THE OUR LADY OF LOURDES INTERACTIVE WATER FEATURE. ANOTHER FEATURE IN THE PLAY AREA, THE SAVOY FAMILY TREEHOUSE, WILL OPEN LATER THIS MONTH.
A PINE PRAIRIE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING FROM A HOME IN EVANGELINE PARISH AFTER POSING AS A RELATIVE OF THE DECEASED HOMEOWNER. THE VICTIM SAYS THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD PATRICK WAYNE BERGERON ENTERED THE RESIDENCE WITHOUT PERMISSION IN DECEMBER AND TOOK APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, TOOLS AND ELECTRONICS. HE WAS RECENTLY LOCATED AND ARRESTED. BERGERON WAS BOOKED INTO THE EVANGELINE PARISH JAIL ON TWO COUNTS OF SIMPLE BURGLARY, FELONY THEFT AND CRIMINAL TRESPASSING.
ACADIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING THREE SUSPECTS WHO ENTERED SEVERAL VEHICLES ALONG PERCHVILLE ROAD, SOUTH OF EUNICE. THE SUSPECTS TRAVELED FROM RESIDENCE TO RESIDENCE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS LAST FRIDAY, CHECKING TO SEE IF VEHICLES WERE LOCKED AND THEY MANAGED TO STEAL WALLETS AND KEYS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE IDENTITIES OF THE SUSPECTS IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED. CRIME STOPPERS REMINDS YOU, WHEN LEAVING YOUR VEHICLE, TO REMOVE VALUABLES AND LOCK IT.
