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AIME LAUGHLIN, 42 WAS STRUCK BY A SMALL SUV WHILE WALKING ALONG MCCOWN ROAD FRIDAY. POLICE WERE ON THEIR WAY TO A VERBAL DISTURBANCE CALL NEAR THE 7300 BLOCK OF MCCOWN ROAD IN IOWA AND BEFORE THEY REACHED THE RESIDENCE LAUGHLIN HAD LEFT THE PREMISES ON FOOT. APARENTLY, LAUGHLIN WAS STRUCK BY A SUV TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON MCCOWN ROAD. WHEN THE POLICE FOUND LAUGHLIN THEY TRIED TO STABILIZE HER, BUT THEY COULDN’T REVIVE HER AND SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
SATURDAY THE NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED ON FACEBOOK THE PASSING OF CHIEF TODD D’ALBOR. WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS AFTER DISCUSSING A DIFFICULT MEDICAL UPDATE CHIEF D’ALBOR IMMEDIATELY TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE WELFARE OF THE DEPARTMENT ACCORDING TO CAPTAIN LASETER. CHIEF D’ALBOR SERVED MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING WITH THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JENNINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT. D’ALBOR WAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRST CHIEF OF POLICE OF NEW IBERIA TO REESTABLISH THE NEW IBERIA POLICE DEPARTMENT IN DECEMBER OF 2017. THE DEPARTMENT WAS DISSOLVED IN 2004. CHIEF D’ALBOR AND MAYOR FREDDIE DECOURT WORKED SIDE BY SIDE TO REBUILD THE DEPARTMENT FROM NOTHING. MAYOR DECOURT WAS QUOTED AS SAYING ABOUT D’ALBOR “HE SERVED WITH AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF HONOR, RIVALED ONLY BY THE AMOUNT OF LOVE HE HAD FOR HIS COMMUNITY”. CAPTAIN LASETER DESCRIBED CHIEF D’ALBOR AS A MAN OF FAITH AND A SELFLESS LEADER WHO PRIORITIZED THE NEEDS OF HIS OFFICERS. CAPTAIN LASETER SHARED THAT CHIEF D’ALBOR WOULD ENCOURAGE HIS OFFICERS DURING DIFFICULT TIMES BY SAYING “KEEP YOUR HEADS UP AND YOUR FAITH STRONG, GRAY AND BLUE”. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED.
A TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD MAN FROM GUATEMALA ESCAPED FROM THE I.C.E. FACILITY IN PINE PRAIRIE. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE STORY.
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THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR PORSHA EVANS, A LONG TIME LOCAL RADIO DJ WILL BE SUNDAY AUGUST 9TH AT KINCHEN FUNERAL HOME. VISITATION WILL BEGIN AT 2PM AND THE SERVICE WILL START AT 4PM. A GOFUNDME HAS BEEN SET UP TO HELP THE FAMILY WITH THE FINAL EXPENSES. DONATIONS CAN ALSO BE MADE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO FONDEL FUNERAL HOME AND DROPPED OFF AT THE DOWNTOWN CONVENTION CENTER THIS WEEK BETWEEN NINE TO FIVE. CASH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
ROAD WORK BEGINS TODAY ON A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 90 IN NEW IBERIA. GEORGE FAUST FROM TV10 HAS THE DETAILS. VOICER F :29
