KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


7-8-21

THREE MEMBERS OF A ST. MARTINVILLE FAMILY HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES.  ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX SAYS THEY LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS OF SUSPECTED DRUG ACTIVITY AT A RESIDENCE LOCATED IN THE FIFTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF HEBERT LANE HIGHWAY.  HE SAYS THEY EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT ON JUNE TWENTY-NINTH.  THE THREE FAMILY MEMBERS ARRESTED WERE FORTY-YEAR-OLD HEIDI THERIOT, THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD RICKY P. THERIOT JUNIOR AND TWENTY-YEAR-OLD TREY THERIOT, AND EACH HAD THEIR BOND SET AT SEVEN-HUNDRED-FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

 

LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY A REORGANIZATION THAT EFFECTS THREE DEPARTMENTS.  PARKS AND RECREATION IS NOW THE PARKS, ART, RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND WILL BE HEADED BY HOLLIS CONWAY, WHO WAS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.  MEANWHILE THE DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL BE MERGED WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.  GUILLORY SAYS THE REALIGNMENT WILL IMPROVE INTERNAL EFFICIENCY LEADING TO BETTER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH.

 

LAWMAKERS CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR POLICE REFORM IN THE STATE AND SOME LAWS RECENTLY SIGNED BY GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS WILL GO INTO EFFECT NEXT MONTH.  SYLVIA MASTERS HAS THE DETAILS.

 

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Calcasieu parish authorities are asking for tips leading to a man accused of killing his estranged wife a decade ago. The Calcasieu Parish district attorney is offering immunity if someone who helped Joe Constance in 2011 comes forward now and helps find him. Constance is accused of breaking into the home of Mary “Jeannette” Duhon on June 5, 2011, and killing her with a shotgun blast. Sheriff Tony Mancuso says his department, the FBI and the U.S. Marshal’s Service have never stopped looking for Constance, who would now be 54 years old.

 

YESTERDAY THE KAPLAN CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A MOTION TO REINSTATE FIRE CHIEF JACOB MATHIEW, WHO WAS FIRED TWO MONTHS AGO.  MATHIEW DENIED THAT THERE WAS ANY MISCONDUCT, WHICH WAS THE REASON GIVEN FOR HIS SUSPENSION AND FIRING.  HIS ATTORNEYS WORKED OUT A SOLUTION WITH THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO REINSTATE MATHIEW SO HE CAN RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR THE TIME HE WAS SUSPENDED AND FIRED.  MATHIEW SAYS HE WILL RESIGN AFTER THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD APPROVES HIS REINSTATEMENT AND HE RECEIVES HIS PAYMENT.

 

DUSON POLICE CHIEF KIP JUDICE IS HAILING THE SUCCESS OF CRIME CAMERAS INSTALLED AT THE MAIN ENTRANCES OF THE TOWN.  THE CAMERAS WERE GIVEN TO DUSON BY CRIME STOPPERS OF LOUISIANA AT NO CHARGE.  JUDICE SAYS THE CAMERAS HAVE HELPED THEM SOLVE NUMEROUS CASES, AIDING IN ARRESTS.  JUDICE SAYS THE MERE PRESENSE OF THE CAMERAS HAS HELPED DETER CRIMES.

 

LOUISIANA CONGRESSMAN CLAY HIGGINS IS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW UNREST IN HAITI, CAUSED BY THE ASSASINATION OF THE PRESIDENT THERE, COULD AFFECT RICE SHIPMENTS.  HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR ASKING FOR INCREASED ASSISTANCE IN SECURING U-S RICE AND OTHER FOOD SHIPMENTS TO HAITI.  IN HIS LETTER, HIGGINS SAYS HAITI IS THE TOP MARKET FOR U-S GROWN MILLED RICE.  HE SAYS THE UNREST IN HAITI HAS MADE UNLOADING RICE SHIPMENTS DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS AS THE SHIPMENTS ARE TARGETED BY LOCAL GANGS.

 

ACADIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN SOLVING A HOMOCIDE CASE FROM JANUARY TWENTY-SIXTH.  AN INDIVIDUAL WAS FATALLY SHOT AT AROUND ONE FIFTEEN A-M AT THE NORTHGATE APARTMENT COMPLEX.  A BLACK MAN IN HIS TWENTIES WITH SHORT HAIR WAS SEEN ON VIDEO SURVEILLANCE TALKING TO THE VICTIM IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE SHOOTING AND FLEEING THE SCENE.  ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS OF ACADIA PARISH AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS.