7-17-25
A NURSING HOME IN RAYNE WAS THE TARGET OF A BOMB THREAT. POLICE TOOK THE THREAT AS CREDIBLE AND EVACUATED ALL THE RESIDENTS FROM THE ELLINGTON NURSING HOME. POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED DETAILS OF THE THREAT. THEY BLOCKED OFF AMELIA STREET WHILE INVESTIGATING.
THE MAN ACCUSED IN THE DEATH OF LAFAYETTE SWAT OFFICER SEGUS JOLIVETTE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. NYJAL HURST FACES NUMEROUS OTHER CHARGES INCLUDING TEN COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. DURING A HOSTAGE STANDOFF ONE YEAR AGO IN WHICH HURST TOOK TWO PEOPLE HOSTAGE, JOLIVETTE WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN, WHAT WAS DETERMINED TO BE, FRIENDLY FIRE. STATE LAW ALLOWS HURST TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN’T FIRE THE SHOT BECAUSE HE ALLEGEDLY SET EVENTS IN MOTION THAT LED TO JOLIVETTE’S DEATH.
AT A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS REVEALED ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY IN AN IMIMIGRATION FRAUD SCHEME THAT LED TO THE ARREST OF FIVE PEOPLE. INDICTMENTS INDICATED THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ACCEPTED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR BRIBES FOR EACH NAME USED IN FALSE CRIME REPORTS TO OBTAIN VISAS. U-S ATTORNEY ALEXANDER VAN HOOK SAYS A NEW VISA PROGRAM ALLOWED NONRESIDENTS TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY IF THEY ARE A VICTIM OR WITNESS TO A CRIME. AUTHORITIES INDICTED AND ARRESTED FIVE PEOPLE. AMONG THOSE INDICTED WERE OAKDALE POLICE CHIEF CHAD DOYLE, OAKDALE CITY MARSHAL MICHAEL SLANEY AND SUBWAY SHOP OWNER CHANDRAKANT PATEL. THE ARRESTS CAME AFTER RAIDS BY ICE AGENTS, THE F-B-I AND STATE POLICE AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN ALLEN AND RAPIDES PARISHES. IT WAS MISTAKENLY REPORTED HERE ON KAJN YESTERDAY THAT THE VILLE PLATTE POLICE CHIEF WAS AMONG THOSE ARRESTED. IN FACT, CHIEF PERRY THOMAS WAS NOT ARRESTED.
YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY ANNOUNCED THAT LAFOURCHE PARISH PRESIDENT ARCHIE CHAISSON THE THIRD WILL TAKE OVER AS THE HEAD OF THE NEW OFFICE OF LOUISIANA HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. THE OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STATE’S HIGHWAYS. A BILL BY REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE RYAN BOURRIAQUE OF ABBEVILLE PASSED IN THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION CREATING THIS NEW OFFICE. AFTER ANNOUNCING THE APPOINTMENT, LANDRY EXPRESSED OPTIMISM FOR A MORE EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON THE HORIZON.
A STATE TROOPER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A CRASH IN OPELOUSAS. IT HAPPENED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON YESTERDAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF L-A ONE-NINETY AND L-A ONE-OH-FOUR. OFFICIALS SAY THE TROOPER WAS INVESTIGATING ANOTHER CRASH WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE. HE WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION.
A CARENCRO MAN IS CONVICTED FOR MURDER AND THE FENTANYL OVERDOSE AND DEATH OF A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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A THREE HOUR HOSTAGE SITUATION IN IBERIA PARISH ENDED TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE VICTIM UNHARMED AND THE SUSPECT ARRESTED. IT HAPPENED AT A HOME ON NORTH DUBOIS ROAD NEAR AVERY ISLAND ROAD. THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN WALKER OF NEW IBERIA WAS CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE BATTERY AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. WALKER ALSO HAS TWO WARRANTS FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR.
