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DETECTIVE JAVONTA FLUGENCE WITH THE RAYNE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS KILLED FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN A CRASH ALONG WITH HIS FIANCEE, TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD AMBER DAVY, AND THEIR TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, CAROLINE. IT HAPPENED FRIDAY AT AROUND FIVE P-M WHILE THEY WERE TRAVELING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY THIRTEEN IN CROWLEY. LIEUTENANT RICKY GRAY SAYS FLUGENCE, WHO BEGAN WORKING AS A DETECTIVE IN TWENTY-NINETEEN, HAD AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF RAYNE FROM CRIME AND DRUGS. HE SAYS FLUGENCE WAS ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMERS WHO WAS PIVOTAL AGAINST DRUG DEALING AND DRUG ACTIVITY IN THE CITY.
AN UNATTENDED POT ON A STOVE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A SATURDAY AFTERNOON FIRE AT THE LAFAYETTE GARDEN APARTMENTS. THE SCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT MANAGED TO GET THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL QUICKLY IN THE KITCHEN OF THE APARTMENT, WHICH WAS ON THE TOP FLOOR OF A FOURPLEX. AUTHORITIES SAID THERE WAS HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE IN THE KITCHEN WITH HEAVY SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE APARTMENT. THE OTHER THREE APARTMENTS IN THE FOURPLEX HAD MINOR SMOKE DAMAGE.
A federal judge has blocked the Biden administration from using a historic civil rights law as a tool to fight industrial pollution alleged to take a heavier toll on minority communities in Louisiana. U.S. District Judge James David Cain of Lake Charles handed down the ruling Thursday. It permanently blocks the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing what are known as “disparate impact” requirements on the state. His ruling was a victory for Louisiana officials who challenged the EPA policy.
A DRIVER IN LAKE CHARLES SPOTTED SOMETHING SURPRISING WHILE TRAVELING NEAR THE GOLDEN NUGGET FRIDAY NIGHT. THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING DOWN COVE LANE JUST PAST THE ROUNDABOUT AT GOLDEN NUGGET BOULEVARD WHEN THEY SPOTTED AN ALLIGATOR. THE DRIVER STOPPED AND TOOK VIDEO OF THE ALLIGATOR FROM A DISTANCE, AND DESCRIBING IT AS HUGE. THE VIDEO WAS SENT TO KPLC TV AND CAN BE VIEWED UNDER THE NEWS CATEGORY AT KPLCTV.COM
THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ANNOUNCED THE LOSS OF A DETECTIVE. IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, THEY ANNOUNCED THE DEATH OF DETECTIVE MISTY MELLON MONTGOMERY, WHO DIED YESTERDAY AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER. THEY SAID THAT MONTGOMERY, WHO JOINED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN TWENTY-FOURTEEN, LOVED WORKING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BEING A DETECTIVE. THEY ASKED FOR PRAYERS FOR HER HUSBAND, CHILDREN AND FAMILY AS THEY LAY HER TO REST.
A WOMAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL AND A JUVENILE IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A SHOOTING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN LAFAYETTE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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The secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety and Corrections has announced his resignation, ending 16 years in the post. Gov. Jeff Landry’s office says Friday it received a letter from Jimmy LeBlanc citing unspecified health reasons for his departure. LeBlanc says serving as head of the corrections department “has been the honor of a lifetime.” Landry has not named LeBlanc’s replacement but said appointing a new secretary would be his administration’s top priority.
AN ARNAUDVILLE MAN WAS KILLED FRIDAY IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH ON HIGHWAY NINETY-THREE. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, FIFTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD KEVIN MECHE WAS TRAVELING SOUTH IN A SILVERADO AT AROUND SIX P-M FRIDAY WHEN HE LEFT THE ROAD AND ENTERED A DITCH. HE THEN RE-ENTERED THE ROAD AND IT OVERTURNED MULTIPLE TIMES. MECHE, WHO WAS WEARING A SEATBELT, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
