7-30-25
THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING FOR HELP IN LOCATING JONATHAN ANGELLE, 36, WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE CONNECTED TO MULTIPLE BURGLARIES. ANGELLE IS WANTED ON WARRANTS FOR SIMPLE BURGLARY, ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF STOLEN THINGS AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN CONNECTION WITH BURGLARIES THAT HAPPENED ON JULY 12TH AND 15TH AT THE 1800 BLOCK OF MILLS HIGHWAY. ANGELLE IS ALSO WANTED ON SEVERAL CHARGES WITH THE HENDERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT. ANGELLE WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE LIVING IN THE CARENCRO AREA.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE DEADLY CRASH THAT TOOK PLACE MONDAY IN RAGLEY. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, JACQUELINE MILLS, 68 WAS THE PERSON WHO WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT. APPARENTLY MILLS WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET ON TO LA 12 FROM THE US HWY 171 EXIT RAMP. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, SHE DIDN’T STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND WAS HIT BY A PICKUP TRUCK DRIVING WESTBOUND ON LA 12. THERE WAS A PASSENGER WITH MILLS WHO HAD SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS BROUGHT TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. THE TRUCK DRIVER HAD MINOR INJURIES.
THE CEILING FELL IN ON DIAMOND SULLIVAN AND HER DAUGHTER WHEN THEY WERE LYING IN BED SUNDAY MORNING. SULLIVAN SAYS “IT DIDN’T LOOK LIKE THE CEILING WOULD FALL, YOU KNOW, IT JUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. LIKE, I WAS SHOCKED”. SULLIVAN AND HER CHILDREN LIVE AT HIMBOLA MANOR. SULLIVAN CONTACTED THE APARTMENT COMPLEX’S MANAGER RIGHT AWAY, BUT DIDN’T HEAR BACK FROM THEM UNTIL YESTERDAY. PAY IT FORWARD, LENDING A HELPING HAND IS WORKING TO TRY TO HELP SULLIVAN AND HER FAMILY. SULLIVAN HAD A FEW BRUISES AND A SCRATCH FROM THE CEILING CAVING IN. SULLIVAN SAID THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME SHE HEARD OF A CEILING CAVING IN AT HIMBOLA MANOR.
WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE HEADSTONE VANDALISM AT THE BEAUREGARD CEMETERY. THE HEADSTONE FOR CEOLA HARRIS, WAS BROKEN AND KNOCKED DOWN. THIS IS GRAVESITE FOR DERIDDER MAYOR MICHAEL D. HARRIS’ MOTHER. HARRIS FOUND THE DAMAGE TO HIS MOTHER’S HEADSTONE FRIDAY. HE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED SOMEONE WITH THE CITY’S PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY TOLD HIM THE DAMAGE LOOKED TO BE INTENTIONAL. THE HEADSTONE HAD BEEN FORCEFULLY KNOCKED OVER, CRACKING BOTH THE MARKER ITSELF AND THE GRAVESTONE THAT COVERS HIS MOTHER’S CASKET. HARRIS IS DERIDDER’S FIRST BLACK MAYOR, AND THOUGH HE STOPPED SHORT OF CALLING THE VANDELISM RACIALLY MOTIVATED, HE DOES QUESTION THE ETHICS OF WHO DID THIS. HARRIS SAID “WE HAVE TO FORGIVE, WE HAVE TO. WE’VE GOT TO LET THE POLICE DO THEIR JOB, AND GOD BE GOD. BUT WE’RE GOINT TO FORGIVE THEM”. THERE ARE NO SECURITY CAMERAS AT BEAUREGARD CEMETERY, WHICH MAKES THE INVESTIGATION MORE DIFFICULT. PLEASE CONTACT THE DERIDDER POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH ANY INFORMATION BY CALLING 462-8911
WE HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE IN NEW IBERIA ON PARKVIEW DRIVE SUNDAY. THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BREYTON BOUDREAUX, 22, OF NEW IBERIA, ACCORDING TO THE IBERIA PARISH CONRONER’S OFFICE. JAHARI AJANI ALLEN JR, 24, IS WANTED FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER OF BOUDREAUX AND IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON ALLEN, PLEASE CONTACT THE NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 369-2306.
