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JAMIE DOUCET, 57, OF OPELOUSAS WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE WHILE HE WAS RIDING AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE. DOUCET WAS RIDING HIS E-BIKE SOUTHBOUND ON THE I-49 SERVICE ROAD NEAR LA 3721 YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND SIX, WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS A PERSON DRIVING A NISSAN ROGUE ALSO TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND HTI DOUCET FROM BEHIND. DOUCET DIED AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER OF THE NISSAN VOLUNTARILY GAVE A BREATH SAMPLE AND NO ALCOHOL WAS DETECTED. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED FROM THE CRASH. A ROUTINE TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM DOUCET FOR ANALYSIS. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.
MARVA WILLIAMS, 49, AND SHAMEKA BAZILE, 40, WERE ARRESTED MONDAY EVENING ON CHARGES OF FORGERY, PUBLIC PAYROLL FRAUD AND THEFT. AN INVESTIGATION BY THE LAFAYETTE RENAISSANCE CHARTER ACADEMY REVEALED SUSPECTED FALSIFIED TIME RECORDS, IMPROPER PAYROLL ENTRY AND UNAUTHORIZED COMPENSATION PAYMENTS. THE INVESTIGATION WAS INITIATED BECAUSE OF IRREGULAR PAYROLL ACTIVITY INVOLVING SUBSTITUE TEACHERS. A REVIEW OF THE PAYROLL AND TIMECARD RECORDS REVEALED A PATTERN OF CHANGES TO TIMECARDS MADE BY MANAGERS. THE PRINCIPAL, CLOVIS BENOIT, IS NOT SUSPECTED FOR PLAYING A DIRECT ROLE IN THE ALLEGED PAYROLL MISCONDUCT, BUT IS BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY TO DAY OVERSIGHT
GARABGE COLLECTION DAY IS CHANGING FOR AROUND 7,000 LAFAYETTE PARISH RESIDENTS BEGINNING NEXT WEEK. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE STORY.
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JUSTIN DUPUIS, 30, OF DUSON, WAS ARRESTED ON SEVERAL OUSTANDING WARRANTS. DUPUIS WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON CHARGES INCLUDING POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINES, FAILURE TO APPEAR IN COURT, SPEEDING 82 IN A 55 MPH ZONE AND A HOLD FOR IBERIA PARISH ON A CHARGLE OF FIRST-DEGREE RAPE AND MOLESTATION OF A JUVENILE.
TWO RECOGNIZABLE VOICES HAVE PASSED AWAY. PORSHA EVANS AND TOMMY CLARK KNOWN AS TOMMY C. ACCORDING TO THE DELTA MEDIA FAMILY THE DUO’S PASSING LEAVES A VOID FOR THE RADIO STATION AND THEIR LISTENERS WHO CONNECTED WITH THE DUO FOR DECADES. EVANS AND CLARK WERE ON DELTA MEDIA AND Z105.9.
