7-28-23
YOUNGSVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICKEY BOUDREAUX IS ALLEGEDLY THE SUBJECT OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AFTER METHAMPHETAMINE WAS FOUND NEAR HIS OFFICE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. MULTIPLE SOURCES TELL THE ACADIANA ADVOCATE THAT A DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE FOUND A SUBSTANCE ON THE MORNING OF JULY SEVENTEENTH THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. JOHN MOWELL, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CONFIRMED THAT THEY ARE CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION INVOLVING THE YOUNGSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT WOULD NOT DISCLOSE SPECIFICS. A SEARCH WARRANT OBTAINED BY THE ADVOCATE AUTHORIZED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO GET VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT WAS BELIEVED TO INCLUDE EVIDENCE OF ONE FELONY COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A SCHEDULE TWO SUBSTANCE.
THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS MADE CHANGES TO THE PARISH JAIL TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER ESCAPES. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ESCAPES AT THE JAIL SINCE MAY. SHERIFF CHARLES GUILLORY SAYS THEY HAVE TRIPLED THE WIRE ON THE FENCING TO MAKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT. HE SAYS TRUSTEES WHO ARE ALLOWED TO STEP OUTSIDE TO PERFORM DUTIES WILL HAVE TO WEAR LEG IRONS WHICH WILL SLOW THEM DOWN IF THEY ATTEMPT TO RUN AWAY.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF IOWA WAS AWARDED NEARLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN A DISPUTE WITH THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY OVER DAMAGES SUFFERED DURING HURRICANE LAURA. U-S DISTRICT JUDGE JAMES CAIN JUNIOR FOUND THAT CHURCH MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY GROSSLY MISHANDLED THE CHURCH’S CLAIMS. PASTOR BRANDON OLIVER SAYS THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN A TRIAL BUT GOD HAS BEEN FAITHFUL TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR NEEDS APART FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY. HE THANKED OTHER CHURCHES, THE MEMBERS, AND SKILLED PROFESSIONALS WORKING AT REDUCED OR NO COST TO ENABLE THEM TO HAVE THEIR SANCTUARY REBUILT.
A U-L RAGIN CAJUN FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF DOMESTIC BATTERY OF A DATING PARTNER. U-L POLICE WERE CALLED OUT TO THE HERITAGE APARTMENTS TUESDAY AND, AFTER AN INVESTIGATION, ARRESTED TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD LANCE LEGENDRE, WHO WAS BOOKED INTO JAIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY. U-L POLICE SPOKESMAN LIETENANT BILLY ABRAMS SAYS HE WASN’T SURE OF THE EXTENT OF INJURIES TO THE VICTIM. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS EVAN ROBERTS SAYS THEY FOLLOWED ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT POLICY IN SUSPENDING LEGENDRE INDEFINITELY.
SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX SAYS THERE HAS BEEN A RISE IN BURGLARY CRIMES THROUGHOUT THE PARISH AND HE IS DOING WHAT HE CAN TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE. HE SAYS HE’S PAYING OVERTIME TO HAVE PEOPLE GO OUT AND LOOK FOR SUSPICIOUS VEHICLES OR ACTIVITY. BREAUX SAYS MOST OF THE CRIMES ARE OCCURRING IN THE AREAS AROUND BREAUX BRIDGE AND CECILIA. HE ADVISES RESIDENTS TO KEEP THEIR CAR AND HOUSE DOORS LOCKED AND BRING VALUABLES INSIDE, ESPECIALLY FIREARMS.
A LAKE CHARLES BUSINESSMAN GAVE OUT FREE FOOD TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. DERRICK GUIDRY, THE OWNER OF DEPENDABLE PLUMBING, AND HIS TEAM SET UP OUTSIDE WALGREENS ON GERSTNER MEMORIAL DRIVE AND HANDED OUT COLD DRINKS AND PIZZA TO ANYBODY IN NEED. GUIDRY SAYS GOD HAS BLESSED HIM AND HE WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. HE TELLS KPLC TV THIS WON’T BE THE ONLY TIME HE DOES THIS.
VIDEOS OF CHILDREN GETTING THINGS THROWN AT THEM, ALLEGED WORKERS MAKING THEM CRY, AND CHILDREN BEING TAPED TO CHAIRS, WERE SENT TO KLFY TV BY A FORMER EMPLOYEE WHO HAD CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE CHILD ABUSE AT AN ACADIA PARISH DAYCARE. DANIELLE DUNCAN HAS MORE.
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AN OPELOUSAS MAN WAS SENTENCED TO MORE THAN TWO YEARS IN A FEDERAL PRISON FOR COUNTERFEITING. THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD GABRIEL BATES PLED GUILTY IN APRIL, ADMITTING HE ATTEMPTED TO BUY DONUTS LAST AUGUST USING A FAKE TWENTY DOLLAR BILL. HIS HOME WAS SEARCHED AND OFFICERS FOUND FAKE TWENTY AND ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS ALONG WITH HANDWRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS IN HIS POCKET ON HOW TO MAKE COUNTERFEIT MONEY. BATES ALLEGEDLY GAVE A STATEMENT THAT HE USED THE FAKE MONEY AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN OPELOUSAS.
