8-2-23
Authorities say a deputy marshal and another man have died and a woman has been critically wounded in a shooting during a drug investigation in Evangeline Parish. Ville Platte Deputy Marshal Barry Giglio died at the scene at about 8:30 p.m. Monday as he helped the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office serve a search warrant at a home where drug activity was suspected. Giglio died at the scene and one person was arrested. A man and a woman in the home also were shot and the man died at a hospital.
A BROUSSARD GRANDMOTHER, WHO IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HER TEN-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON AND CRITICALLY INJURING ANOTHER GRANDCHILD, HAS BEEN ORDERED BY A JUDGE TO BE COMMITTED TO A STATE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. FIFTY-YEAR-OLD TAMMY CLAUSE WAS ARRESTED LAST YEAR WHEN BROUSSARD POLICE OFFICERS, CONDUCTING A WELFARE CHECK AT HER HOME, FOUND ONE GRANDCHILD DEAD AND THE OTHER SUFFERING FROM SEVERE MALNUTRITION AND DEHYDRATION. TWO EVALUATORS DETERMINED SHE WAS NOT ABLE MENTALLY TO UNDERSTAND COURT PROCEEDINGS AND TO ASSIST HER DEFENSE. JUDGE MARILYN CASTLE ORDERED HER TO THE FELICIANA FORENSIC FACILITY FOR SANITY RESTORATION CARE.
ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AT A HOUSE ON SHERRY STREET IN SULPHUR AT AROUND FOUR A-M YESTERDAY. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL OUT OF TOWN, WHERE HE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. DETECTIVES WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOUND A PERSON OF INTEREST HIDING UNDER A MOBILE HOME NEAR WHERE THE SHOOTING OCCURRED AT AROUND TEN A-M. THAT PERSON, TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD ERRON FONTENOT OF SULPHUR, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND HAS BEEN SET AT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS FILED A STATEMENT OF INTEREST IN A LAWSUIT TO REMOVE YOUTH FROM A TEMPORARY SITE AT THE STATE PENITENTIARY IN ANGOLA. THE DECISION TO HOLD YOUTH AT THE MAXIMUM-SECURITY PRISON HAS DRAWN CRITICISM FROM JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVOCATES AND FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS. ATTORNEYS FOR THE TEENS FILED A MOTION TWO WEEKS AGO SEEKING TO REMOVE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE ALLEGEDLY BEING HELD IN EXTENDED ISOLATION CELLS WITH NO AIR CONDITIONING DURING EXTREME HEAT. A THIRTEEN PAGE STATEMENT OF INTEREST BY ATTORNEYS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE POINTED OUT THE POTENTIAL SERIOUS AND IRREPARABLE HARMS THE YOUTH MAY EXPERIENCE FROM THE ALLEGED CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT.
AT LAST NIGHT’S CITY BUDGET MEETING, THE OPELOUSAS CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED WAYS TO KEEP CITY WORKERS FROM LEAVING THEIR JOBS FOR BETTER PAYING JOBS. MAYOR PRO TEMPORE CHARLES CUMMINGS SAYS THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF LOW WAGES AND THE EMPLOYEES FINDING BETTER JOBS. SUGGESTIONS WERE MADE TO RAISE EVERY MUNICIPAL WORKER’S HOURLY WAGE TO TEN DOLLARS AN HOUR OR GIVING A FIFTY CENT PER HOUR PAY RAISE. CUMMINGS PROPOSED RAISING MILLAGE TAXES TO HELP FUND THE PAY INCREASES.
A NEW CHICK-FIL-A RESTAURANT HAS OPENED IN LAFAYETTE AT JOHNSTON STREET AND RIDGE ROAD. THEY HAVE HIRED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE FULL AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. THEY WILL BE PROVIDING FREE CHICK-FIL-A ENTRÉE’S FOR A YEAR TO ONE HUNDRED LOCAL HEROES WHO ARE MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA. THEY ALSO ARE DONATING TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FEEDING AMERICA, WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL PARTNERS, AND ARE PARTICIPATING IN AN INITIATIVE TO REDIRECT SURPLUS FOODS TO LOCAL SOUP KITCHENS, SHELTERS, FOOD BANKS AND OTHER NONPROFITS IN NEED.
THE CITY OF NEW IBERIA IS WORKING ON A NEW CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE SKATE PARK, AND THEY WANT RESIDENTS TO GIVE THEIR INPUT ON THE DESIGN OF THE PARK. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A SUSPECT IN AN APRIL FOURTEENTH SHOOTING ON MADISON STREET IN OPELOUSAS WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY IN AN UNRELATED INVESTIGATION. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD JANIAYA LAFLEUR OF EUNICE WAS REPORTEDLY IN A STOLEN VEHICLE WHEN SHE LED POLICE ON A CHASE THAT BEGAN IN WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND ENDED IN POINT COUPEE PARISH. LAFLEUR WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR A SHOOTING THAT INJURED A MALE VICTIM. SHE WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH JAIL WHERE SHE WILL FACE CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND ILLEGAL USE OF WEAPONS.
