7-8-22
THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH GOVERNMENT HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT OVER THE REMOVAL OF A SPOIL BANK IN FEBRUARY. SAINT MARTIN PARISH OFFICIALS WANT THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT TO REPLACE THE SPOIL BANK AT ITS OWN COST. SAINT MARTIN PARISH OFFICIALS CLAIM THE SPOIL BANK PROTECTED THEIR RESIDENTS AGAINST FLOODING, WHILE LAFAYETTE OFFICIALS SAY IT PREVENTED THE NATURAL FLOW OF THE RIVER INTO A SWAMP IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH. THE LAWSUIT BY SAINT MARTIN PARISH WAS FILED YESTERDAY, THE DAY AFTER A JUDGE DISMISSED A LAWSUIT BY THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH GOVERNMENT AND THE U-S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
AN ARNAUDVILLE MAN WAS KILLED IN AN EARLY MORNING CRASH YESTERDAY IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH. STATE POLICE SAY FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD FRANKLIN JOSEPH MARTIN WAS DRIVING HIS TOYOTA COROLLA WEST ON L-A SIX-EIGHTY-SIX AT AROUND SIX-THIRTY A-M, WHEN, FOR REASONS UNDER INVESTIGATION, HE WENT OFF THE ROAD, HIT A CULVERT AND PARTIALLY SUBMERGED THE VEHICLE. MARTIN, WHO WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. A TOXICOLOGY SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FOR ANALYSIS.
A LAFAYETTE MOTHER SAYS SHE FINALLY HAS JUSTICE TWO YEARS AFTER HER SON WAS MURDERED. GERALD GRUENIG REPORTS.
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HERE’S GERALD GRUENIG AGAIN TO TELL US ABOUT A COURT HEARING TODAY OVER THE STATE’S TRIGGER LAW BANNING ABORTION.
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LAKE CHARLES POLICE TRAVELED TO HOUSTON WEDNESDAY TO ARREST THREE MEN IN CONNECTION WITH A DOUBLE HOMOCIDE ON APRIL TWENTY-NINTH AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON WEST LAGRANGE STREET IN LAKE CHARLES. THE TWO MEN WHO WERE KILLED WERE FROM HOUSTON, THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD ABLE GARCIA, JUNIOR AND THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD PEDRO OSWALDO DUARTE RANGEL. LAKE CHARLES POLICE DETERMINED THAT THE THREE WHO WERE ARRESTED HAD THE INTENT TO COMMIT MURDER OVER DRUGS. THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MIGUEL ANGEL PEREZ CERVANTES AND TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD PEDRO RAMIRO REYES VALDEZ FACE FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES WHILE FIFTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JUAN ANTONIO VASQUEZ FLORES IS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
CHURCH POINT POLICE HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY FOR A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED JUNE TWENTY-SIXTH. A MALE VICTIM SUFFERED SHOTS TO THE LEFT CHEST AND ARM AREA FROM A TWELVE GUAGE SHOTGUN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CARRIER LANE AND MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE. THE VICTIM UNDERWENT SURGERY AND WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. POLICE ARRESTED THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD DAVID “SPIDER” GUIDRY OF CHURCH POINT ON MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
THREE LAFAYETTE MEN WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY LAST FRIDAY IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH ON DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES. A VEHICLE WITH THE THREE MEN WAS PULLED OVER FOR A TRAFFIC STOP AND THE DRIVER AND A PASSENGER FLED BUT WERE LATER CAPTURED WITH THE HELP OF AN OPELOUSAS POLICE K-NINE UNIT. DETECTIVES SEARCHED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NEARLY FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF MARIJUANA, ALMOST THREE GRAMS OF CRACK COCAINE AND A HANDGUN. THE THREE WHO WERE ARRESTED ARE TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD VINCENT CHRISTIAN, THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS BARGEMAN, THE ONE WHO DIDN’T RUN AWAY, AND TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD TYES LEWIS.
The Louisiana Department of Health is reporting the first detected case of monkeypox infection in a state resident. A news release yesterday says an out-of-state resident visiting Louisiana also tested positive for monkeypox. The department says the Louisiana resident lives in the area composed of Orleans, Plaquemines, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes. The news release did not say whether that person had any contact with the out-of-state resident or where the second person visited.
