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LAFAYETTE INTERIM POLICE CHIEF REGINALD THOMAS ACKNOWLEDGED YESTERDAY AT AN ACADIANA PRESS CLUB EVENT THAT IT’S A SCARY TIME FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. HE SAYS THAT ALL THEY CAN DO IS CONTINUE TO BE PROFESSIONAL AND WELL TRAINED. MARJA BROUSSARD OF THE LOCAL N-DOUBLE-A-C-P, WHO WAS ON THE PANEL AT THE PRESS CLUB EVENT, ADVOCATED FOR BLACK OFFICERS PATROLLING BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS. ACCORDING TO THE ADVOCATE NEWSPAPER, SHE CLAIMED THAT BLACK MEN REMAIN IN DANGER WHEN CONFRONTED BY WHITE POLICE OFFICERS.
A San Diego energy company says it has federal permission to boost planned exports by 39 percent from a proposed expansion of the plant it’s building in southwest Louisiana. Sempra Energy said Monday that the U.S. Department of Energy approved exporting an additional 1.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day to countries outside U.S. free-trade agreements. According to a news release, that will bring Cameron LNG’s export capacity to 3.5 billion cubic feet a day, or 24.9 million tons a year. The company says the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission already has approved adding up to two more liquefaction trains and one more LNG storage tank.
THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF AN ESTHERWOOD WOMAN, WHO KILLED ANOTHER WOMAN SUNDAY NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 39-YEAR-OLD KRYSTAL FREDERICKSON GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH 25-YEAR-OLD GABRIELLE HENRY OF CROWLEY. FREDERICKSON THEN STABBED HENRY SEVERAL TIMES, AND HENRY LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. FREDERICKSON WAS BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD LAFAYETTE BOY WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT FRIDAY WHILE ON VACATION AT ORANGE BEACH WITH A FRIEND’S FAMILY. INVESTIGATORS WITH THE FOLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ALABAMA SAY THEY BELIEVE THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY AN ELDERLY MAN, WHO HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, AND SWERVED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. CAMERON MICHAEL BAILEY WOULD HAVE BEEN A SIXTH GRADER AT OUR LADY OF FATIMA SCHOOL. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT OUR LADY OF FATIMA CHURCH AT TWO P-M TOMORROW.
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY IN SULPHUR WAS KILLED SUNDAY NIGHT IN AN APPARENT MURDER SUICIDE. 59-YEAR-OLD KENNETH BACQUE POSTED ON FACEBOOK SUNDAY NIGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIMSELF AND POSSIBLY HARM HIS SON. CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPOKESWOMAN KIM MYERS SAY DEPUTIES WENT TO BACQUE’S HOME ON DAHLIA LANE AT AROUND 10-30 SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER RECEIVING WORD OF THE FACEBOOK POST. THEY FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE HOUSE AND FOUND THE BODIES OF BACQUE AND HIS SON IN A BEDROOM, HAVING DIED FROM APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR 32-YEAR-OLD JORDY THIBODEAUX. JULIE DARCE EXPLAINS WHY.
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YESTERDAY THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE OFFICIALLY RULED A BRANCH MAN’S DEATH HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A HOMOCIDE. THE BODY OF 39-YEAR-OLD HELRON MOORE WAS FOUND ONE WEEK AGO ON D ARCENEAUX ROAD IN SCOTT. HE WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH. RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR THEM TO REVIEW.
ARKANSAS STREET IN LAKE CHARLES WAS SHUT DOWN FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A MAN FIRED SHOTS FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. POLICE FOUND 35-YEAR-OLD WILTON SYLVESTER HIDING UNDER A NEARBY HOUSE WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, AND THEY TALKED HIM INTO COMING OUT PEACEFULLY. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE SHOOTING. SYLVESTER FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE TWO AND THREE DRUGS WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE.
