7-31-23
FRIENDS AND FAMILY GATHERED FOR A BALLOON RELEASE AND CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JAVION BATISTE OF YOUNGSVILLE. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING ON JULY FIFTEENTH, THEN, TWO DAYS LATER HIS CAR WAS FOUND IN NEW IBERIA AND, FOUR DAYS LATER, BATISTE’S BODY WAS FOUND IN A SUGAR CANE FIELD. HIS MOTHER, NICHOLE JAGNEAUX, THANKED EVERYONE WHO CAME TO THE VIGIL TO SING, PRAISE, WORSHIP AND GIVE GOD’S TESTIMONY. JAGNEAUX TELLS KLFY TV SHE DID NOT STOP UNTIL HER SON’S BODY WAS FOUND AND SHE’LL USE THAT SAME ENERGY TO FIND HER SON’S KILLER AND BRING HIM TO JUSTICE.
THE INVESTIGATION INTO A EUNICE DAYCARE HAS LED TO ONE ARREST. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD ALYSSA EVE DUPRE OF OAKDALE WAS CHARGED WITH SIX COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO JUVENILES. DUPRE WAS A FORMER EMPLOYEE AT PUMPKIN PATCH DAYCARE. AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, MORE ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED.
THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW FOR HOMEOWNERS AFFECTED BY HURRICANES LAURA, DELTA AND IDA TO FILL OUT A SURVEY TO SEE IF THEY QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL RELIEF GRANTS. THE RESTORE LOUISIANA HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED AND STATE-ADMINISTERED PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING TO HELP WITH HOME REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION. IT CAN ALSO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR COMPLETED REPAIRS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO ONLINE TO RESTORE-DOT-L-A-DOT-GOV.
A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEKEND FOR OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED AFTER LEADING POLICE ON A CHASE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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THE BODY OF A JEANERETTE MAN WAS FOUND FRIDAY IN THE BAYOU TECHE IN SAINT MARY PARISH. A BOAT WITHOUT A PERSON WAS FOUND AT AROUND TWELVE-THIRTY P-M. A SHORT WHILE LATER THE BODY OF SIXTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD TERRY BABIN WAS FOUND NOT FAR FROM THE BOAT. DETECTIVES WITH THE SAINT MARY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION BUT FOUND NO SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY.
AN INMATE AT A REENTRY FACILITY IN DEQUINCY DIED AT AROUND THREE A-M SUNDAY, ACCORDING TO BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFF MARK HERFORD. THE FACILITY, WHICH WAS THE PHELPS CORRECTIONAL CENTER, IS OPERATED BY LOUISIANA WORKFORCE TO PREPARE IMATES FOR REENTRY INTO THE COMMUNITY. THE OWNER OF LOUISIANA WORKFORCE, PAUL PERKINS, WHO ALSO OVERSEES THE FACILITY, SAYS THE INMATE WHO DIED HAD MEDICAL PROBLEMS FOR WHICH HE WAS RECEIVING TREATMENT. AN AMBULANCE TRANSPORTED THE INMATE TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL BUT HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD.
RESIDENTS OF A MAMOU NEIGHBORHOOD ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LACK OF ACTION TO FIX A SEWAGE LEAK. MEGGIE GRANGER SAYS THE SEWAGE IS MAKING IT HARD TO BREATH AND CAUSING PEOPLE TO GET SICK. EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD KATHERINE MOUILLER FROM SAINT PETER STREET SAYS SHE HAS TO GET OUT AND RUN A HOSE IN THE SEWAGE IN ORDER TO MAKE HER COMMODES FLUSH. KLFY TV IS REPORTING THAT THE EVANGELINE PARISH POLICE JURORS SAID THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE SITUATION AND WOULD LOOK INTO IT IMMEDIATELY.
ON THURSDAY, TWO PEDESTRIANS WERE STRUCK IN CROWLEY IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS. RANDY COLEMAN WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE WHILE WALKING IN THE ROADWAY ON EASTERN AVENUE AT AROUND FOUR-FORTY-FIVE A-M. THE DRIVER WHO HIT HIM CALLED POLICE TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. COLEMAN WAS DEAD BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED. LATER AT AROUND TEN A-M THAT SAME MORNING, A FEMALE JUVENILE WAS STRUCK BY A DRIVER WHO WAS TURNING INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A LOCAL BUSINESS. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL WITH MODERATE INJURIES.
