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MELVILLE POLICE FOUND A VEHICLE SUBMERGED IN THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SEARCH AND RESCUE DIVE TEAM RESPONDED QUICKLY AND FOUND NO ONE IN THE VEHICLE. IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RIVER. MELVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.
FORMER YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICKEY BOUDREAUX MAY NOT BE ALLOWED TO RUN FOR THE JOB AGAIN THIS YEAR. BOUDREAUX STEPPED DOWN FROM THE JOB LAST SUMMER DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS AND AFTER AN INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED INTO HIS DEPARTMENT BY THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. LAFAYETTE PARISH CLERK OF COURT LOUIS PERRET SAYS A NEW STATE LAW WILL, IN HIS OPINION, MAKE BOUDREAUX INELIGIBLE TO RUN IN THE NOVEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION. THAT LAW MAKES ANYONE WHO RESIGNS AN ELECTED SEAT INELIGIBLE TO RUN IN A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM. HE ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO RUN LAST WEEK.
SEVERAL NEW BILLS, THAT WERE SENT TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK AFTER THE REGULAR SESSION, ARE OFFICIALLY GOING INTO LAW TODAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE PERMITLESS CONCEALED CARRY LAW GOES INTO EFFECT ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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FIREFIGHTERS FROM ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RESPONDED TO TWO STRUCTURE FIRES SATURDAY. THE FIRST HAPPENED AT AROUND FIVE P-M WHEN HOME IN CARLYSS CAUGHT FIRE AND CREWS FROM SIX FIRE DEPARTMENTS CAME TO AID THE CARLYSS FIRE DEPARTMENT. OFFICIALS SAID THE EXTRA MANPOWER WAS NEEDED DUE TO THE HIGH TEMPERATURES. THE SECOND FIRE HAPPENED LATE THAT NIGHT ON JOHN BELLE ROAD IN MOSS BLUFF WHERE A MOBILE HOME AND TWO R-V’S WERE DESTROYED.
A MAMOU WOMAN WAS KILLED A LITTLE BEFORE THREE SATURDAY MORNING IN WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD JADA BERGERON WAS A FRONT SEAT PASSENGER IN AN ALTIMA DRIVEN BY THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CARLOS THOMAS. THOMAS BROADSIDED A KIA RIO IN FRONT OF HIM THAT WAS TURNING INTO A DRIVEWAY. THOMAS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE, VEHICULAR NEGLIGENT INJURING AND IMPROPER LANE USAGE, AND A BLOOD SAMPLE WAS TAKEN TO DETERMINE IF IMPAIRMENT PLAYED A FACTOR IN THE CRASH.
A YOUNGSVILLE MAN, WHO WAS HURT IN A BICYCLE CRASH IN IBERIA PARISH ON JUNE FIFTEENTH, DIED ON JUNE TWENTY-FIFTH, ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE. THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD AVERY FOREMAN WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A TRUCK WHILE RIDING HIS BIKE ON L-A FOURTEEN NEAR OLD L-A TWENTY-FIVE. FOREMAN WAS WEARING DARK-COLORED CLOTHING, HAD NO REFLECTORS OR LIGHTS ON THE BIKE AND WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET. BECAUSE OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND BECAUSE NO ALCOHOL WAS DETECTED IN A BREATH SAMPLE BY THE TRUCK DRIVER, NO CHARGES WERE FILED.
CROWLEY POLICE HAVE NOT YET IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE WESTWOOD APARTMENT COMPLEX. THERE WERE TWO VICTIMS WHO WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THEIR IDENTITY OR THEIR CONDITION. KLFY TV HAS LEARNED SINCE THAT ONE OF THE VICTIMS IS SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION.
