7-15-26
AUTHORITIES IN BALDWIN ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING WHERE POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE TUESDAY NIGHT. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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TWO FRANKLIN MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A HOMOCIDE IN LAFAYETTE THAT HAPPENED MARCH TWENTY-FIFTH. THE VICTIM, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE GRAND POINTE APARTMENTS ON KALISTE SALOOM ROAD. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS, TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD DURRALL ALEXANDER, WAS ARRESTED ON JULY SEVENTH IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA AND IS AWAITING EXTRADITION TO LAFAYETTTE. THE SECOND SUSPECT, TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL GRAY, WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER.
A NEW LOUISIANA LAW SEEKS TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR MINORS UNDER SEVENTEEN-YEARS-OLD TO GET WORK PERMITS. PREVIOUSLY, PARENTS, STUDENTS AND EMPLOYERS HAD TO WAIT FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR PARISH TO PROCESS AND ISSUE WORK PERMITS. UNDER THE NEW LAW, PARENTS HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AUTHORIZING THE STUDENT GOING TO WORK. THE PROCESS IS ACCELERATED, MAKING IT EASIER FOR STUDENTS TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A HOMOCIDE INVESTIGATION. THE VICTIM IS JERMARIC ANDRUS, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE AREA OF HIGHWAY THIRTY-FIFTY-NINE AND LUKE POWERS ROAD. TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD COLBY PARKER WAS ARRESTED ON MONDAY ON CHARGES THAT INCLUDED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. HIS BOND IS SET AT ONE-POINT-TWO-MILLION DOLLARS.
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS ACADIANA HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO A STRING OF ATM THEFTS THAT HAVE SIMILARITIES INCLUDING THE USE OF A STOLEN F-TWO-FIFTY AND A SMASH-AND-GRAB STYLE BURGLARY. THE LATEST SUCH BURGLARY HAPPENED AT MIKEY’S SEAFOOD AND SPECIALTY MEATS IN CROWLEY, WHERE OWNER MIKEY STUTES SAID THE THIEVES GOT AWAY WITH ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WHILE CAUSING TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO THE STORE. CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT SAYS A GROUP OF FOUR THIEVES BACKED UP THE TRUCK INTO THE STORE AND THEN REBACKED IT INTO THE ATM, KNOCKING IT LOOSE. SIMILAR STYLE THEFTS HAPPENED IN YOUNGSVILLE AND AT A CONVENIENCE STORE ON HIGHWAY ONE SIXTY-SEVEN NEAR TURKEY CREEK.
A MIDDLE EASTERN MAN ARRESTED IN LAFAYETTE FOR ALLEGEDLY AIDING A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION PLED NOT GUILTY. MAHMOUD AL-MUHTADI RESIDED AND WORKED IN LAFAYETTE UNTIL HIS ARREST LAST YEAR. HE IS A NATIVE OF GAZA WHO ALLEGEDLY PARTICIPATED IN THE HAMAS-LED ATTACK ON ISRAELI CITIZENS IN OCTOBER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE. HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN LAFAYETTE IN NOVEMBER BUT IT WILL LIKELY BE DELAYED.
GEORGE FAUST HAS NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE AGAINST LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL.
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THE INTERNATIONAL RICE FESTIVAL HAS NAMED ITS FARMER OF THE YEAR FOR TWENTY-TWENTY-SIX. JARROD BREAUX OF IOTA HAS FAMILY ROOTS IN AGRICULTURE BUT HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER LEFT FARMING WHEN HE WAS A CHILD. BREAUX SAYS HE HAS A PASSIION FOR FARMING AND STARTED HIS OWN FARMING OPERATION. HE SAYS HIS CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DRAWN TO THE WORK BY WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN FIRST-HAND SUCH AS THE BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR YOURSELF.
