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RAYNE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN ACCUSED OF MAKING A BOMB THREAT TO THE ELLINGTON NURSING HOME LAST MONTH. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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AN S-U-V FLIPPED INTO A DITCH NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WESTGATE ROAD AND OLD SPANISH TRAIL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON JUST BEFORE THREE. FIRE FIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE TO RESCUE THE DRIVER, WHO WAS TRAPPED. THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BUT THE CONDITION OF THE DRIVER HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ROLL OVER.
A SULPHUR MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY MOLESTING TWO GIRLS. THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD THOMAS BRADFORD IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH JUVENILES. HE’S ACCUSED OF INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHING THE TWO GIRLS MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE YEARS WHEN THEY WERE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN. INVESTIGATORS FROM THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPECIAL VICTIM’S UNIT SAY THEY GOT THE ARREST WARRANT AFTER VALIDATING THE GIRL’S CLAIMS.
A PILOT PROGRAM HAS BEEN INITIATED TO REMOVE TRASH AND BEAUTIFY HIGHWAYS IN FOUR LOUISIANA CITIES…LAFAYETTE, BATON ROUGE, NEW ORLEANS AND SHREVEPORT. BUSINESSES IN EACH CITY WILL SPONSOR ONE MILE HIGHWAY SEGMENTS AND THE ADOPT A HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE CORPORATION WILL PROVIDE SERVICES TO REMOVE LITTER A MINIMUM OF SIX TIMES PER YEAR, DEPENDING ON SPONSORSHIP LEVELS. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY GLENN LEDET SAYS IT WILL EASE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON TAXPAYERS WHILE CREATING A CLEANER, MORE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE. AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON HOW BUSINESSES CAN PARTICIPATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.
A GUEYDAN MAN WAS ARRESTED IN CROWLEY ON ONE HUNDRED COUNTS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIALS UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN AND TEN COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF AN ANIMAL. TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JAMES WYATT JOSEPH BOULEY WAS BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE ARREST WAS THE RESULT OF A JOINT INVESTIGATION WITH THE LOUISIANA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THEY ACTED ON A TIP FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.
THE LOUISIANA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARRESTED A LAFAYETTE MAN ON SEVEN COUNTS OF POSSESSING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIALS UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN. SIXTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD HERBERT DURWOOD DUHON WAS BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. THE BUREAU’S CYBER CRIME UNIT WORKED WITH THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS. THEY WERE ACTING ON A TIP FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.
CALCASIEU PARISH AND LAKE CHARLES CITY OFFICIALS WERE ON HAND TUESDAY FOR A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR A NEW JUDICIAL COMPLEX, WHICH WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBLIC FACILITY PROJECTS IN PARISH HISTORY. THE THREE-STORY, ONE HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY WILL BE BUILT BETWEEN THE MAGNOLIA BUILDING AND THE PARISH GOVERNMENT BUILDING. IT WILL CONSOLIDATE ALL DISTRICT COURT OPERATIONS AND HAVE DEDICATED SPACE FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE AND THE CLERK OF COURT STAFF. ONCE IT’S FINISHED THE CURRENT FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT BUILDING WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND TURNED INTO A GREEN SPACE CALLED CALCASIEU SQUARE.
BREAUX BRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL WAS PLACED ON LOCKDOWN AFTER A BOMB THREAT. THE SCHOOL WAS EVACUATED AND AN ALL-CLEAR WAS GIVEN AFTER A THOROUGH SEARCH TURNED UP NO EXPLOSIVES. OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS NO SPECIFICS ON THE NATURE OF THE THREAT. THEY ARE NOW CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION TO FIND THE PERSON WHO MADE THE THREAT.
