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7-3-18

A FIRE BROKE OUT MONDAY AFTERNOON AT THE BORDEN DAIRY FACILITY ON BERTRAND DRIVE.  JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.

 

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Authorities say a man wanted in a Calcasieu Parish killing was arrested during a Texas burglary.  Calcasieu Parish sheriff’s spokeswoman Kim Myers says detectives had tracked 57-year-old Ronald McLain from southwest Louisiana to Aransas Pass, Texas, where he was arrested Saturday after an anonymous tip.  An online Aransas County inmate database indicates he’s being held without bond as a fugitive and as an alleged parole violator.  He’s accused in Louisiana of shooting 68-year-old John Michael Deville of Lake Charles and leaving the body by Deville’s pickup truck on the shoulder of Interstate 10 near Sulphur.

 

A EUNICE MAN, WANTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SETTING FIRE TO HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND’S RESIDENCE, HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN.  25-YEAR-OLD DAUNDRIC JOHNSON WAS BOOKED ON CHARGES OF SIMPLE ARSON AND CRIMINAL TRESPASS.  THE HOUSE ON COLLEGE ROAD THAT HIS EXGIRLFRIEND RENTED WAS SET ON FIRE IN TWO PLACES, ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS.  WITNESSES AND SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS LED INVESTIGATORS TO SUSPECT JOHNSON FOR SETTING THE FIRE.

 

A national credit rating agency says Louisiana has moved to more solid financial footing after passage of a seven-year sales tax renewal aimed at ending repeated cycles of budget gaps.  Moody’s didn’t upgrade Louisiana’s credit rating. But the rating agency Monday boosted its outlook for Louisiana from “negative” to “stable,” an indication the state won’t be downgraded as some officials previously feared.  Moody’s cited the “recent stabilization” of the state’s financial base after years of short-term budget fixes.

 

THERE’S NEW INFORMATION ON TWO MEN WHO LED POLICE ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH VERMILLION PARISH AND ENDING WITH A CRASH IN LAFAYETTE .  KAVAN BROUSSARD AND GENE WILLIAMS THE THIRD WERE INDICTED IN 2015 AS MEMBERS OF THE GREMLIN GANG.  STATE POLICE INVESTIGATORS FOUND THAT THE GREMLIN GANG, A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE, WAS ACTIVE IN FOUR SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA PARISHES.  A VERMILLION PARISH GRAND JURY IN DECEMBER OF 2015 INDICTED 17 ALLEGED MEMBERS OF THE GREMLIN GANG, INCLUDING BROUSSARD AND WILLIAMS.

 

DERIDDER’S FIRST FEMALE MAYOR WAS SWORN IN TO OFFICE YESTERDAY.  MISTY CLANTON WON THE MAYORAL ELECTION IN MARCH.  SHE SAYS SHE’S REALLY EXCITED, ESPECIALLY FOR THE EXAMPLE SHE’S SHOWING HER DAUGHTER.  CLANTON SAYS SHE’S LOOKING FORWARD TO CREATING JOBS AND BRINGING INDUSTRY TO DERIDDER.

 

TWO PEOPLE SAY THEY RECEIVED A COUNTERFEIT ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL FROM A CASINO IN SUNSET SATURDAY NIGHT.  MARTIN BELLARD AND ANGELA LEDAY SAY THEY WON MONEY AT GOBEARS AND, THE NEXT DAY, ANGELA’S DAUGHTER WENT TO WALMART TO PUT A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL ON A GIFT CARD AND WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE IT WAS COUNTERFEIT.  THEY TELL KLFY TV THAT ANGELA’S DAUGHTER IS EMBARRASSED AND CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT HER DIFFERENTLY.  THE MANAGERS AT GOBEAR DENY THAT THE COUNTERFEIT BILL CAME FROM THEM BUT THEY ARE REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS FROM THE WEEKEND.

 

LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ACCREDITED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.  THEY HAVE BECOME THE FIRST STATEWIDE AGENCY IN THE UNITED STATES TO EARN THAT RECOGNITION.  OFFICIALS WITH THE COUNCIL SAY THAT THE ACCREDITATION SHOWS THAT LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS HANDLING ITS DUTIES WITH THE UTMOST LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND CAN PRESENT ITSELF AS A BEST-PRACTICES AGENCY.  L-E-D SECRETARY DON PIERSON SAYS THE AGENCY GOT FEEDBACK THROUGH THE PROCESS ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING RIGHT AND THEY RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT WILL OPEN DOORS TO NEW PROGRAMS.