7-20-22
A COUPLE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A FORTY-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE SEVENTY-ONE-HUNDRED BLOCK OF SOILEAU ROAD IN NEW IBERIA. IBERIA PARISH DEPUTIES SAY THE VICTIM, WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, HAD BEEN STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES IN THE HEAD. THE COUPLE, TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD EDDIE JONES AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD COURTNEY GARY, WERE FOUND AT A HOUSE ON ROSE LANE AND WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. JONES HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE ONE AND SCHEDULE TWO NARCOTICS AND MULTIPLE OTHER COUNTS WHILE GARY HAS SEVERAL CHARGES AGAINS HER INCLUDING PRINCIPLE TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
THE DIRECTOR OF L-U-S ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL ABOUT AN INCREASE IN UTILITY RATES. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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QUALIFYING FOR THE NOVEMBER EIGHTH PRIMARY ELECTION WILL BEGIN TODAY AT CLERK OF COURT’S OFFICES ACROSS THE STATE AND AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE. LOUISIANA CONGRESSMEN WHO CURRENTLY SERVE WILL BE UP FOR RE-ELECTION. THERE WILL ALSO BE CITY ELECTIONS IN SOME PLACES THIS YEAR. CROWLEY WILL ELECT A MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ALONG WITH A POLICE CHIEF. THE ELECTIONS IN CROWLEY LOOK TO BE HOTLY CONTESTED WITH SEVERAL CANDIDATES ALONG WITH INCUMBENTS IN THE RACES. THE CITY COUNCIL RACES ALSO LOOK TO BE VERY COMPETITIVE, WITH PREHAPS MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE FOR EACH COUNCIL SEAT. QUALIFYING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FRIDAY.
THE CITY OF OBERLIN IS LOOKING TO CHANGE THE FARMER’S MARKET AND MAIN STREET AREA AS A WAY TO INCREASE TAX REVENUE AND RESIDENCY. CITY COUNCIL LIAISON LARRY ALEXANDER TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT A TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT WILL BE AN OPEN-AIR VENUE WITH PLACES FOR SEATING. HE SAYS THEY WANT TO GROW IT INTO A LARGE PUBLIC MARKET THAT WOULD BE A GATEWAY TO OBERLIN, DRAWING PEOPLE TO THE TOWN EACH MONTH. ALEXANDER SAYS THE CITY OF OBERLIN IS WORKING WITH REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO SECURE THE NEW PROJECT, GIVING THE TOWN ITS IDENTITY BACK.
A MAN FEATURED ON ACADIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS HAS BEEN ARRESTED. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD DESTRON GOODWIN WAS WANTED BY THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ON FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. CHURCH POINT POLICE WANTED HIM ON TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF K-P GIBSON SAYS GOODWIN TURNED HIMSELF IN ON SUNDAY AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
LAFAYETTE POLICE SEIZED TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DRUGS FROM A RESIDENCE THEY SEARCHED ON FRIDAY. POLICE SPOKESPERSON SERGEANT ROBIN GREEN SAYS THE SEARCH OF THE HOME ON EAST LONGVIEW DRIVE LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF CRYSTAL METH, MARIJUANA, PROMETHAZINE SYRUP AND FENTANYL PILLS AS WELL AS TWO HANDGUNS. A WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR THE OCCUPANT OF THE HOME, TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JALYN LANDRY OF LAFAYETTE. SHE SURRENDERED TO AUTHORITIES ON MONDAY AND WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER.
More than 40,000 Louisiana homeowners are looking for new coverage after an insurance company dropped them, following similar moves by two other companies. State insurance officials say Southern Fidelity canceled 42,000 policies Friday, leaving homeowners with 60 days to find new coverage. WVUE-TV reports nearly 100,000 policyholders have been dropped since June by Southern Fidelity, Lighthouse Excalibur and Maison. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says more than 50 companies have stopped writing new policies below Interstate 10 and I-12, making the state’s insurer of last resort, Louisiana Citizens, the only option for most.
A FOUR MONTH LONG UNDERCOVER OPERATION BY THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RESULTED IN FIFTY ARRESTS AS WELL AS THE SEIZURE OF DRUGS, GUNS AND CASH. SHERIFF BOBBY GUIDROZ SAYS THEY WERE FOCUSED ON THE PARISH’S SMALL TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES BECAUSE DRUG DEALERS SAW THESE AREAS AS OPPORTUNITIES. HE SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN TERRORIZING THE SMALLER COMMUNITIES WITH DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS, VEHICLE BURGLARIES, GUN THEFTS AND THE SELLING OF ILLEGAL DRUGS. GUIDROZ SAYS THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT APPARENTLY SAW THE SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES AS EASY TARGETS FOR THEIR ILLICIT TRADE.
