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MARK KNIGHT, WHO ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO SET UP HIS BROTHER ON A PHONY DRUG BUST IN ORDER TO TAKE FINANCIAL CONTROL OF KNIGHT OIL TOOLS, HAS REACHED A PLEA AGREEMENT WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. KNIGHT PLED NO CONTEST YESTERDAY TO CHARGES OF CORRUPT INFLUENCING AND PUBLIC BRIBERY, WHILE D-A KEITH STUTES DROPPED RACKETEERING CHARGES AND AGREED TO NOT INTERVENE IN A FEDERAL CIVIL SUIT FILED BY THE BROTHER, BRIAN KNIGHT. MARK KNIGHT WILL BE SENTENCED ON DECEMBER FIFTH. HE FACES UP TO FIFTEEN YEARS IN PRISON AND ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FINES.
DAVID WADE CLARK IS EXPECTED TO BE TRANSPORTED BACK TO JEFF DAVIS PARISH TOMORROW FROM A TEXAS JAIL. CLARK WAS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE A HOMOCIDE IN TOPSY. CLARK WAS FOUND BY JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES LAST THURSDAY AND EVENTUALLY CAPTURED AFTER A CHASE IN A CAR AND ON FOOT. MICHAEL CASTILLE, A MAN FROM LAKE CHARLES, WAS ARRESTED AS WELL FOR TRYING TO HELP CLARK ELUDE THE AUTHORITIES.
KLFY TV IS REPORTING THAT A BASILE POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT WAS ARRESTED ON SIMILAR CHARGES TWO YEARS AGO. RECORDS FROM THE TAMAPA FLORIDA POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOW THAT 25-YEAR-OLD RASEIM FREDERICKS THREATENED A WOMAN WITH A GUN AFTER THEY HAD ENDED A THREE YEAR RELATIONSHIP. HE HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BATTERY, BUT THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE DECIDED TO DROP THE CASE. FREDERICKS IS CURRENTLY ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FROM THE BASILE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The two losing bidders seeking to replace Louisiana’s voting machines estimated the work would cost tens of millions of dollars more than did the company chosen for the lucrative contract. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show the price tags for proposals submitted by the vendors who weren’t selected ranged from $115 million to nearly $160 million. That’s far larger than the up to $95 million proposal submitted by the company that won the award, Dominion Voting Systems. A protest seems likely to be filed because one of the losing bidders raised allegations of impropriety during the contractor selection process.
A DUSON FAMILY MANAGED TO ESCAPE FROM A FIRE THAT BROKE OUT AT THEIR HOME MONDAY EVENING. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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THE ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE HUMANE SOCIETY RESCUED 47 DOGS FROM A RESIDENCE NEAR OBERLIN. SHERIFF DOUG HEBERT SAYS HIS DEPUTIES HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE. THE HUMANE SOCIETY SAYS THE DOGS WERE LIVING IN CRATES, WERE MALNOURISHED AND MANY IN POOR HEALTH. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL DECIDE IF CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE BROUGHT AGAINST THE OWNER.
MARTINVILLE MAYOR MELINDA MITCHELL SAYS POLICE CHIEF RICKY MARTIN SERVED A TWO DAY SUSPENSION ON FRIDAY AND MONDAY AND WILL RETURN TO WORK TODAY. MITCHELL SUSPENDED HIM FOR USING VULGAR LANGUAGE IN THE OFFICE WHILE CORRECTING AN OFFICER. SHE SAYS MARTIN HAD APOLOGIZED AND ACKNOWLEDGED HE DID SOMETHING INAPPROPRIATE. MITCHELL SAYS THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS GREAT AND SHE’S READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
A new study shows the number of Louisiana adults without health insurance has been cut in half since the state expanded its Medicaid program. The Louisiana Health Insurance Survey has been conducted by LSU every two years since 2003. It found 11.4 percent of non-elderly Louisiana adults were uninsured in 2017. In 2015, the rate was 22.7 percent.
