8-17-26
A TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS KILLED SATURDAY IN AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. KHYLIN STEVENS BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A RESIDENCE ON CREOLE STREET IN LAKE CHARLES, WHERE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A NINE-ONE-ONE CALL. AUTHORITIES SAY STEVENS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH OFFICER’S COMMANDS DURING NEGOTIATIONS AND PULLED OUT A WEAPON. AN OFFICER SHOT STEVENS IN RESPONSE AND HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
IN VERMILLION PARISH, WATER WILL BE SHUT OFF TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST WATERWORKS DISTRICT NUMBER TWO BEGINNING AT NINE. THE SYSTEMWIDE WATER OUTAGE WILL ALLOW FOR THE COMPLETION OF UPGRADES TO THE WATER PLANT. THE OUTAGE IS EXPECTED TO LAST SIX HOURS. ONCE WATER IS RESTORED, THE ENTIRE DISTRICT WILL BE UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY.
THE FORMER LA QUINTA PROPERTY ON NORTHEAST EVANGELINE THRUWAY IN LAFAYETTE IS SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION THIS MORNING. IT’S PART OF THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT’S EFFORT TO CLEAR BLIGHTED PROPERTIES AND PROCESS CONDEMNATION CASES. MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET SAYS, WHEN SHE TOOK OFFFICE, THERE WAS A BACKLOG OF TWELVE HUNDRED BLIGHTED, ABANDONED AND DANGEROUS PROPERTY CASES DATING BACK TO TWENTY-SIXTEEN. SHE SAYS THEY’VE SINCE REVISED THE CONDEMNATION AND DEMOLITION ORDINANCE TO CREATE A STREAMLINED APPROACH THAT HAS ALLOWED THEM TO TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF CASES PROCESSED.
IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES. GEORGE FAUST EXPLAINS.
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THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ON THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR’S PROPOSED BUDGETS. A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD DURING A SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE PARISH AND CITY COUNCILS. THE SPECIAL MEETING WILL BEGIN TOMORROW EVENING AT FIVE FIFTEEEN OR AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGULAR PARISH COUNCIL MEETING, WHICHEVER COMES LATER. THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE TED A. ARDOIN CITY PARISH COUNCIL AUDITORIUM AT SEVEN-OH-FIVE WEST UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
A GUEYDAN MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY MAKING THREATS ON SSOCIAL MEDIA AGAINST THE ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF MATT TOUCHET. THE THREAT ISSUED IN A POST UNDER THE PROFILE NAME FRANK RIZO SAID SOMEONE SHOULD BURN HIS HOUSE DOWN. OFFICERS DETERMINED THAT THE PROFILE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH JOSHUA DEPERRODIL. IINVESTIGATORS SAY THAT WHEN THEY TRIED TO ARREST HIM, DEPERRODIL WENT UP ON THE ROOF OF A RESIDENCE AND REFUSED TO COME DOWN, BUT HE WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
TWENTY-ONE CADETS GRADUATED FRIDAY FROM THE ACADIANA LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY. CLASS NUMBER ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY COMPLETED FIFTEEN WEEKS OF TRAINING IN BASIC PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SKILLS NECESSARY FOR WORKING AS PATROL OR CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. THE NEW GRADUATES ARE EXPECTED TO FILL ONGOING OFFICER SHORTAGES AT SEVEN POLICE AGENCIES IN THE AREA.
A FORMER GRAND COTEAU POLICE CHIEF WAS ARRESTED BY SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ON A CHARGE OF MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE. SIXTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL BUCK OF SUNSET, WHO IS STILL WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS AN OFFICER, ALLEGEDLY MISHANDLED FENTANYL EVIDENCE FOR FAILING TO PROPERLY SECURE A PILL BOTTLE IN A DRUG CASE. BUCK GUARANTEED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HE WOULD BE EXONERATED. THE CURRENT POLICE CHIEF BRAD RENDELL DECLINED COMMENT BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
