8-27-18
A LAFAYETTE PARISH INMATE WHO ESCAPED MORE THAN A WEEK AGO IS BACK IN CUSTODY. 33-YEAR-OLD RONRIKA BEN MANAGED TO GET AWAY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 17TH, WHILE HE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED FROM A MEDICAL FACILITY. SOURCES TELL KLFY TV THAT BEN TURNED HIMSELF IN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. BEH HAD BEEN IN THE CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON CHARGES OF DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY, VIOLATION OF PROTECTION ORDERS, THEFT, AND AGGRAVATED CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE THAT STRUCK AND KILLED A PEDESTRIAN FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HIT AND RUN OCCURRED AT NINE FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF TENTH STREET AND FOURTH AVENUE. THE PEDESTRIAN WAS 54-YEAR-OLD THOMAS BOTTOMS JUNIOR. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CALL SERGEANT SAMMY KINGSLEY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S TRAFFIC DIVISION AT 491- 13-11.
23-YEAR-OLD ISAAC ROMERO, THE SON OF FORMER STATE SENATOR AND IBERIA PARISH PRESIDENT CRAIG ROMERO, WAS KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN NEW IBERIA. IT HAPPENED ALONG SUGAR MILL ROAD. THERE’S NO WORD ON WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH BUT RESIDENTS IN THE AREA TOLD KATC THAT POWER WENT OUT SHORTLY AFTER THE CRASH AND CLECO WAS OUT REPAIRING A POWER POLE. A FUNERAL MASS FOR ROMERO IS PLANNED FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT TWO AT OUR LADY OF PROMPT SUCCOR CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NEW IBERIA.
A large Louisiana wildlife refuge will be closed for three mornings in September for an alligator harvest. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says in a news release that the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge will open at noon from Sept. 5 through Sept. 7 — Wednesday through Friday of Labor Day week. The refuge is generally open to the public from sunrise to sunset. It covers 71,500 acres in Cameron and Vermilion parishes, including a 26-mile stretch along the Gulf of Mexico.
AN ALLEGED DRUNK DRIVER INVOLVED IN A DEADLY CRASH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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A DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO HASTILY GET AWAY FROM A D-W-I CHECKPOINT IN BEAUREGARD PARISH JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY. SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES PURSUED THE VEHICLE AND THE CHASE ENDED JUST BEFORE THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 26 AND 171. THE DRIVER, DAKOTA ROSHEL, WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES AS WELL AS AGGRAVATED FLIGHT FROM AN OFFICER. THERE WAS A MINOR ACCIDENT DURING THE CHASE AND A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE E-R FOR EXAMINATION.
A LAFAYETTE MAN, RIDING A MOTORCYCLE SATURDAY NIGHT, WAS KILLED IN A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE IN MAURICE. STATE POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF A KIA SOUL WAS DRIVING ON L-A 167 AND TURNED LEFT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND INTO THE PATH OF THE MOTORCYCLE. THE DRIVER OF THE MOTORCYCLE, 39-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY L. SYKES, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER OF THE KIA SOUL WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD. AUTHORITIES DO NOT BELIEVE THAT EITHER DRIVER WAS IMPAIRED.
Louisiana has released a new package of TV ads seeking to attract visitors to the state with the “Feed Your Soul” slogan launched earlier this year by Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser. Nungesser, Louisiana’s top tourism official, unveiled the new advertising Thursday at the state’s annual travel summit in Lake Charles. The new branding effort “Feed Your Soul” was announced in January, and the ads dovetail with the reworked marketing effort. Nungesser said in a statement that the marketing strategy comes after months of data and research.
