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WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO THE REPORT YESTERDAY OF A LAFAYEETE POLICE MOTORCYCLE OFFICER BEING HIT BY AN IMPAIRED DRIVER. POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE DRIVER, CHELSEA ELIZABETH MEAUX, 34, OF BREAUX BRIDGE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED (FIRST OFFENSE), FELONY HIT AND RUN DRIVING, FIRST DEGREE VEHICULAR NEGLIGENT INJURING AND CARELESS OPERATION. THE OFFICER REMAINS IN STABLE, BUT SERIOUS CONDITION AT AN AREA HOSPITAL.
THE FORMER MAYOR OF DERIDDER, MISTY ROBERTS, 42, TURNED HERSELF IN TO THE BEAUREGARD SHERIFF’S OFFICE YESTERDAY. AFTER A STRANGE FEW DAYS THAT STARTED LAST FRIDAY WITH ROBERTS SAYING SHE WAS GOING TO BE OUT OF THE OFFICE FOR TWO WEEKS AND APPOINTING A MAYOR PRO TEM, THEN SUDDENDLY RESIGNING FROM OFFICE SATURDAY TO TURNING HERSELF AFTER AN ARREST WARRANT HAD BEEN ISSUED. LAST FRIDAY, THE BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ASKED THE LOUISIANA STATE POLICE SPECIAL VICTIM’S UNIT TO INVESTIGATE A COMPLAINT AGAINST ROBERTS FOR ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH A JUVENILE. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, TWO JUVENILES WERE INTERVIEWED, ONE OF WHOM WAS THE VICTIM, BOTH OF WHOM CONFIRMED THAT ROBERTS HAD SEX WITH A JUVENILE WHILE SERVING AS MAYOR. INVESTIGATORS OBTAINED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR ROBERTS FROM THE BEAUREGARD PARISH 36TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT. ROBERTS WAS ARRESTED FOR THIRD-DEGREE RAPE AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF JUVENILES. ROBERTS POSTED BOND OF $75,000 AND WAS RELEASED AROUND 11:30 YESTERDAY MORNING.
TREVOR MATTHEWS SR., 42, OF MAMOU WAS ARRESTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND DRUG CHARGES. ACCORDING TO LOUISIANA STATE POLICE SPECIAL VICTIM’S UNIT, DURING AN INVESTIGATION, MATTHEWS WAS LINKED TO AN IP ADDRESS THAT WAS DOWNLOADING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. WHEN POLICE EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT MATTHEWS’ HOME, THEY FOUND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND 15 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA.
TWO ACADIANA TEACHERS HAVE BEEN NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. J. JOY STALNAKER HAS BEEN NAMED ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR. STALNAKER TEACHES FRENCH IMMERSION, FIRST GRADE MATH, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES AT MYRTLE PLACE ELEMENTARY IN LAFAYETTE. ELISE BOUTIN HAS BEEN NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR. BOUTIN TEACHES 12TH GRADE ENGLISH AT RAYNE HIGH SCHOOL AND IS INVOLVED IN EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVIES INCLUDING RAYNE ALIVE, A STUDENT LEAD YOUTUBE CHANNEL THAT BOUTIN REVIVED. ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO MORGAN TOUPS, AN EDUCATOR AT DAVID THIBODEAUX STEM MAGNET ACADAMY FOR BEING A FINALIST FOR LOUSIANA’S NEW TEACHER OF THE YEAR
OYSTER SEASON HAS BEEN RE-OPENED AS WELL AS HISTORIC RIP VAN WINKLE GARDENS, SYLVIA MASTERS HAS DETAILS.
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