7-27-23
CHARGES AGAINST A FORMER SAINT THOMAS MORE HIGH SCHOOL COACH AND TEACHER HAVE BEEN UNSEALED. ANGEL CARDONA IS FACING CHARGES OF ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR TO SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. CARDONA, WHO WAS HIRED AFTER THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, WAS FIRED AFTER HIS ARREST. A PRELIMINARY HEARING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY AT TEN A-M AND CARDONA, WHO WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO A DETENTION HEARING, WILL REMAIN IN CUSTODY.
THE MOTHER OF A MAN SHOT AND KILLED IN VILLE PLATTE IS SPEAKING OUT. MEANWHILE AUTHORITITES ARE TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT LED TO TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD TREYVAN GALLOW’S DEATH. DANIELLE DUNCAN REPORTS.
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THE LOUISIANA PARDON BOARD HAS TURNED AWAY FIFTY-SIX PETITIONS FOR CLEMENCY THAT WERE FILED IN JUNE BY DEATH ROW INMATES. THE BOARD DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE BASED ON AN OPINION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY ISSUED LAST WEEK. LANDRY SAID THE BOARD CAN’T WAIVE ITS OWN POLICY REQUIRING THE CLEMENCY PETITIONS BE FILED WITHIN A YEAR OF A JUDGE RULING ON AN APPEAL. GOVERNOR EDWARDS CAN DIRECT THE BOARD TO HEAR THE CASES UNDER ITS POLICIES BUT A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GOVERNOR DECLINED TO COMMENT.
THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR HELP THROUGH THE RESTORE LOUISIANA PROGRAM IS COMING THIS TUESDAY. HOMEOWNERS IMPACTED BY HURRICANES LAURA, DELTA AND IDA AND BY THE SEVERE STORMS OF MAY TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE, MUST COMPLETE A SURVEY BY TUESDAY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR RECOVERY ASSISTANCE. THE SURVEY CAN BE COMPLETED ONLINE AT RESTORE-L-A-DOT-GOV OR BY CALLING 1-866-735-2001. SINCE THE PROGRAM’S LAUNCH IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, MORE THAN THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED HOMEOWNERS HAVE BEEN OFFERED OVER TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING.
THE PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND CITIZENS FOR A NEW LOUISIANA HAS FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICKEY BOUDREAUX. THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED AS A PETITION WITH THE YOUNGSVILLE MUNICIPAL POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD. THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS INCLUDED THE CHIEF ALLEGEDLY FIXING OR CANCELLING TRAFFIC TICKETS FOR CERTAIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND USING STAFF FOR PERSONAL WORK AND THEN CLAIMING IT WAS CITY RELATED. THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD’S ATTORNEY, DANIEL LANDRY, SAYS THE BOARD HAS THE OPTION OF SETTING UP A HEARING FOR A FORMAL COMPLAINT.
THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL’S SERVICE IS SEARCHING FOR A FUGITIVE WITH TIES TO SAINT LANDRY PARISH. JOHNNY LEON WILSON WAS CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE IN HOUSTON IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY-EIGHTEEN. HE WAS RELEASED ON BOND BUT AN ANKLE MONITOR HE WAS WEARING WAS EITHER REMOVED OR DAMAGED. IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT WILSON, WHOSE WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN, IS ON THE RUN AND EVADING LAW ENFORCEMENT.
YESTERDAY GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS LOBBIED A U-S SENATE PANEL IN WASHINGTON FOR A GREATER SHARE OF REVENUE FROM OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DRILLING. EDWARDS WAS THERE TO TESTIFY TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON LOUISIANA. EDWARDS SAYS, THOUGH STORMS ARE MORE FREQUENT AND SEVERE, LOUISIANA HAS TAKEN STEPS TO MITIGATE THE WORST EFFECTS OF THE STORMS SUCH AS ELEVATING HOMES AND STRENGTHENING LEVEES. HE SAYS, SINCE LOUISIANA SUFFERS MORE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE THAN OTHER STATES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD INVEST IN LOUISIANA’S EFFORTS TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS AND THE EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS.
NEW IBERIA POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING DEATH AT THE SOUTHERN COMFORT INN AND SUITES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE BODY OF THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ERNEST BERNARD OF LAFAYETTE WAS FOUND BY POLICE UPSTAIRS AT A ROOM HE WAS RENTING AT THE HOTEL. JASIAH LEWIS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND BOOKED INTO THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL. ACCORDING TO POLICE, LEWIS’ MOTHER TURNED HIM INTO THE AUTHORITIES AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
