7-11-22
AN OFF-DUTY SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WAS SHOT SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN A POSSIBLE ROAD RAGE INCIDENT. IT HAPPENED ON I-FORTY-NINE NORTH OF LAFAYETTE. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER DEPUTY CHIEF EDDIE THIBODEAUX SAYS THE DEPUTY WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY AND IS DOING WELL AT HOME. FIFTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD KOBY BOYETT OF PINEVILLE WAS ARRESTED BY THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
A MAN, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A STANDOFF WITH CROWLEY POLICE FRIDAY, WAS FOUND IN LAFAYETTE AND ARRESTED. DEREK O’NEAL JUNIOR WAS LOCATED AND ARRESTED BY LAFAYETTE POLICE IN THE SEVENTEEN-HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTH UNIVERSITY AVENUE AT AROUND THREE A-M SUNDAY MORNING. THE STANDOFF FRIDAY HAPPENED AFTER O’NEAL ALLEGEDLY FIRED TWO SHOTS IN THE GROUND NEAR HIS GIRLFRIEND. HE ALSO ALLEGEDLY HELD TWO CHILDREN HOSTAGE DURING THE STANDOFF BEFORE RELEASING THEM.
Louisiana authorities can now enforce the state’s ban on almost all abortions under a new court order. State District Judge Ethel Julien said Friday that a lawsuit challenging the legislation did not belong in her court and therefore she did not have the authority to extend a temporary restraining order blocking the law’s enforcement. The “trigger” law was designed to take effect when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe-v-Wade on June 24. The lawsuit claims the state legislation is unclear on when the ban takes effect and on medical exceptions to it.
STATE POLICE HAVE ISSUED A SILVER ALERT FOR A MISSING DEQUINCY MAN. SEVENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD EDDIE CHARLES THOMPSON SUFFERS FROM A CONDITION THAT MAY IMPAIR HIS JUDGEMENT. POLICE BELIEVE THOMPSON WAS DRIVING A TWO THOUSAND THREE SILVER HONDA ACCORD WITH LICENSE PLATE FIVE-ONE-ONE-E-C-P. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE WHEREABOUTS OF THOMPSON IS ASKED TO CONTACT DEQUINCY POLICE OR CALL NINE-ONE-ONE.
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HOMOCIDE THAT HAPPENED AROUND ONE-FORTY-TWO SATURDAY MORNING IN THE FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTH PIERCE STREET. POLICE FOUND A PERSON WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL LAFAYETTE POLICE OR CRIME STOPPERS AT TWO-THREE-TWO-TIPS.
A MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN OPELOUSAS SUNDAY MORNING. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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The superintendent of Louisiana State Police acknowledges he was pulled over for speeding in an unmarked work vehicle but did not receive a ticket from one of his own officers. Col. Lamar Davis tells WAFB-TV that he accepts responsibility but does not remember how fast he was driving. A state trooper pulled Davis over June 28 on Interstate 10 west of Baton Rouge. Davis said in the Friday interview that he has no excuse for speeding, and added he needs to slow down.
TWO PEOPLE FROM OPELOUSAS WERE KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. STATE POLICE SAY FIFTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH CHEVIS WAS TRAVELING EAST ON L-A ONE EIGHTY-TWO IN A DODGE PICKUP WHEN HE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE AND RAN OFF THE ROAD, HITTING A TREE AND LANDING ON THE ROOF OF THE PICKUP. CHEVIS WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE WHILE HIS PASSENGER, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD KRISALYN THOMAS, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BUT LATER DIED. STATE POLICE BELIEVE SPEED WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT BUT DO NOT KNOW IF THE DRIVER WAS IMPAIRED.
