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CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD’S ATTORNEY HAS FILED A MOTION IN COURT SEEKING TO HAVE FELONY CHARGES AGAINST HIM DISMISSED BECAUSE OF ALLEGED PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT. THE MOTION HAS DELAYED THE TRIAL SO THAT A HEARING CAN BE HELD LATER THIS MONTH. IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, A GRAND JURY INDICTED BROUSSARD ON SIX CHARGES INCLUDING MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND INJURING PUBLIC RECORDS. BROUSSARD’S ATTORNEY WILLIAM L. GOODE SAYS IN THE MOTION THAT THE CASE AGAINST BROUSSARD IS “OBVIOUSLY POLITICAL AND NOT WELL-FOUNDED IN LAW AND FACT.”
LAFAYETTE POLiCE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN SEARCHING FOR A MURDER SUSPECT WHO SHOT UP A HOME ON HAMMOND ROAD WITH THE FAMILY INSIDE. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.
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Attorneys for an abortion clinic and other abortion advocates are arguing against the Louisiana attorney general’s request that the state’s Supreme Court allow enforcement of Louisiana’s ban on most abortions. Louisiana’s statutes include triggers that were designed to instantly take effect once the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe-v-Wade. But a state judge in New Orleans last week blocked enforcement of the law pending a court hearing on a lawsuit filed by a north Louisiana abortion clinic and others. Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office Tuesday said he’s asked the high court to dissolve the order blocking enforcement.
The Calcasieu Parish sheriff says a homeowner shot and killed a possibly intoxicated college student who was trying to get into his house and who ignored orders to leave and a warning shot. Sheriff Tony Mancuso identified the student Tuesday as 21-year-old Joseph Tezeno of Lake Arthur. He says in a news release that the homeowner was afraid for his life, because Tezeno refused to leave the house in southern Lake Charles. Mancuso told The American Press that surveillance video from Monday night shows Tezeno walking toward the homeowner after being told to leave, and after the homeowner fired a shot into the ground.
THE U-S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS BACKED A ONE-POINT-THREE BILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO ELEVATE OR FLOOD-PROOF MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN IBERIA, SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT MARY PARISHES, THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO STORM SURGE FLOODING. THE CORPS’ CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, LIEUTENANT GENERAL SCOTT SPELLMAN, SAYS THE PLAN WOULD RESULT IN AN ANNUAL NET REDUCTION IN FLOOD DAMAGE OF MORE THAN FOURTEEN MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. THE PLAN TARGETS BUILDINGS IN THE TWENTY-FIVE YEAR FLOOD PLAIN IN THE THREE PARISHES THAT IS MOSTLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY NINETY AND THE GULF INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. THE PLAN MUST STILL BE APPROVED BY CONGRESS AND THEY MUST FUND IT IN FUTURE CORPS BUDGETS.
LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCILMAN GLENN LAZARD IS PROPOSING GIVING MORE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE CITY’S HOMELESS POPULATION. HE’S INTRODUCED AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD TAKE ONE MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE THIRTY-SEVEN MILLION THE CITY HAS RECEIVED THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AND GIVE IT TO ARCH, THE ACADIANA REGIONAL COALITION FOR HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING. LAZARD SAYS IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT THE HOMELESS POPULATION HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY SINCE COVID-NINETEEN. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT, IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE PROPOSAL, IT WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER GRANT FUNDERS TO GIVE BECAUSE THEY SEE THE COMMUNITY IS INVESTED IN FINDING SOLUTIONS AND HELPING THE MOST VULNERABLE.
A NEW STATE LAW THAT GOES INTO EFFECT NEXT MONTH IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS BY PUTTING THEM UNDER THE PRECIOUS METALS LAW. IT REQUIRES BUYERS OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS TO KEEP RECORDS OF THE TRANSACTIONS INCLUDING TAKING A PICTURE OF A VALID PHOTO I-D AND GETTING THE CORRECT ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE SELLER. EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF CHARLES GUILLORY SAYS THEY’VE ALREADY GONE TO ALL SALVAGE YARDS AND GIVEN THEM A COPY OF THE LAW WITH A LEDGER. HE SAYS DETECTIVES WILL MAKE PERIODIC VISITS TO THE SALVAGE YARDS TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE UP TO DATE.
THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING TO BECOME ONE OF THE FEW AGENCIES IN THE STATE TO BE CERTIFIED. THEY ARE CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED BY THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY WILL BE ONE OF TWELVE AGENCIES IN LOUISIANA OUT OF THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE STATEWIDE TO GET THE CALEA CERTIFICATION. HE SAYS THE GOAL IS TO BE CALEA-CERTIFIED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
