7-20-17

JACOB NAEGELE IS THE MAN THAT DIED SUDDENLY IN THE SULPHUR CITY JAIL TUESDAY. SULPHUR POLICE CHIEF LEWIS COATS, SAID THAT THEY ARRESTED NAEGELE TUESDAY WITHOUT INCIDENT FOR A MISDEMEANOR, AND HE WAS PUT IN A CELL ALONE WHERE HE DIED LATER. NAEGELE’S MOVEMENTS AND ENTIRE TIME AT THE JAIL WERE RECORDED. NAEGELE’S WAS FOUND DEAD DURING A ROUTINE CELL CHECK. THE CALCASIEU PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE IS CONDUCTING AN AUTOSPY, AND CHIEF COATS COMMITTS TO RELEASING INFORMATION AS IT COMES AVAILABLE IN THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION.

 

KEITH FONTENOT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE MAN WHO FIRED SHOTS AT ANOTHER MAN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON HWY 190 IN PORT BARRE ON MONDAY. PORT BARRE POLICE CHIEF DEON BOUDREAUX SAID THAT FONTENOT CALLED 911 SAYING THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THE OTHER VEHICLE DROVE OFF. A LITTLE LATER, ANOTHER 911 CALL CAME IN SAYING HE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, BUT LEFT THE SCENE BECAUSE HE WAS BEING SHOT AT. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, FONTENOT TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS PUSHED OFF THE ROAD BY A TRUCK AND HE SHOT AT THE TIRES OF THE TRUCK TO KEEP THE TRUCK FROM FLEEING THE SCENE. THE OTHER DRIVER HAD A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED, SAYING THAT FONTENOT BEGAN SWERVING TOWARS HIM AND PUSHED HIM INTO THE MEDIAN. AND WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF HIS TRUCK, FONTENOT POINTED A GUN AT HIM. HE SAID HE GOT BACK IN HIS TRUCK AND DROVE OFF AS FONTENOT SHOT AT HIM. POLICE FOUND A .38 CALIBER PISTOL IN FONTENOT’S CAR WITH 4 SPENT CARTRIDGES. FONTENOT WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM, AGGRAVATED CRIMINAL DAMAGAE TO PROPERTY AND RECKLESS OPERATION OF A MOTER VEHICLE.

 

 

 

LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED 16 YEAR OLD JUSTIN NED, AS THE THIRD SUSPECT IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF 31 YEAR OLD GARY O’BRIEN. POLICE WERE CALLED MONDAY MORNING ABOUT SHOTS FIRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SIMMONS AND OPELOUSAS STREETS. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AT THE RESIDENCE AT 409 NORTH SIMMONS STREET, THEY FOUND O’BRIEN DEAD AND ANOTHER PERSON WITH MINOR INJURIES. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THREE ARMED MALES WITH THEIR FACES COVERED ENTERED THE RESIDENCE FROM THE REAR. WHEN O’BRIEN REFUSED TO COMPLY ONE OF THE THREE SHOT AND KILLED HIM, AND THEN ALL THREE LEFT ON FOOT. LATER MONDAY EVENING, POLICE ARRESTED AND CHARGED JUSTIN LANDRY, 20 OF LAKE CHARLES, WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND ARRESTED AND CHARGED JERMYRE BOWERS, 18 OF LAKE CHARLES, WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. NED IS WANTED ON CHARGES OF A PRINCIPLE TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER, 3 COUNTS OF ARMED ROBBERY AND 3 COUNTS OF ARMED ROBBERY WITH A FIREARM. POLICE SAY NED IS ARMED AND CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. CALL LAKE CHARLES POLICE AT 491-1456 WITH ANY INFORMATION ON NED.

 

ACCORDING TO LAKE CHARLES CITY ADMINISTRATOR JOHN CARDONE, THE CITY NEEDS A NEW WATER PLANT. THE CITY GOVERNMENT PREDICTS IN THREE YEARS, LAKE CHARLES COULD HAVE A 3.5 MILLION GALLONS A DAY SHORTAGE. THE POTENTIAL SHORTAGE IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE EXPOLSION OF GROWTH AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BUSINESSES. THE NEW PLANT WOULD HOLD 6 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER AND IS ESTIMATED TO COST JUST OVER 25 MILLION DOLLARS.

 

(AP)  Louisiana is spending $277 million in federal cash received after last year’s March and August floods to fortify communities against future disasters. Gov. John Bel Edwards is traveling the state to announce projects from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Plans include buyouts of flood-prone properties, improved drainage and home elevations. But Edwards says the dollars are woefully short of what is needed to improve Louisiana’s resilience against storms.

Combined with unspent dollars provided to Louisiana after hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008, the Edwards administration has earmarked $317 million for protection projects around Louisiana. The lion’s share of the federal cash, about $220 million, will go to the Baton Rouge region, which received heavy destruction. The Acadiana region is slated for $30 million.

Projects must receive FEMA approval to begin.