8-6-26
THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS CONTINUING ITS SEARCH FOR A MOTHER AND HER TEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, WHO WERE REPORTED MISSING. SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX SAYS THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD DANIELLE LEA AND HER DAUGHTER, ALAYNA, WERE LAST SEEN IN BUTTE LA ROSE IN MAY. BREAUX SAYS THEY’VE BEEN LOOKING SINCE THEY RECEIVED INFORMATION ON JULY TWENTY-EIGHTH THAT THEY WERE MISSING. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING JAMES MICHAEL NONA WITH LEA AND HER DAUGHTER AND HE HAS BEEEN ARRESTED IN TEXAS ON UNRELATED CHARGES.
THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY ARE AWARE OF A VIDEO CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT IS UNDER REVIEW. IT SHOWS A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER APPARENTLY TAKING A HANDCUFFED MAN TO THE GROUND. WITNESSES SAY THE MAN WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. KADN TV REPORTS THE ARRESTING OFFICER WAS CORPORAL RICKY FONTENOT AND THEY SAY HE HAS THREE EXCESSIVE FORCE ALLEGATIONS THAT LED TO FEDERAL LAWSUITS AGAINST THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF QUALIFYING FOR NOVEMBER’S OPEN PRIMARY FOR LOUISIANA’S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. STATE SENATOR BLAKE MIGUEZ HAS NOT SAID WHETHER HE WILL RUN FOR THE NEWLY REDRAWN FIFTH DISTRICT. HE WAS RUNNING FOR THAT SEAT BEFORE IT WAS REDRAWN AND RECEIVED THE ENDORSEMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. MIGUEZ IS FROM THE NEW IBERIA AREA, BUT BECAUSE HE OWNS PROPERTY IN BATON ROUGE, HE CAN RUN IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT SEAT.
OPELOUSAS POLICE CAPTURED AN ESCAPED BEAUREGARD PARISH INMATE. BEAUREGARD PARISH DEPUTIES WERE TRANSPORTING TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD BENJAMIN WILLIAMS OF OPELOUSAS FROM THE BEAUREGARD PARISH JAIL TO SAINT JOHN PARISH FOR A COURT APPEARANCE. WILLIAMS ESCAPED FROM THE TRANSPORT VEHICLE NEAR HIGHWAY ONE-NINETY AND WALLIOR STREET AND WAS RECAPTURED A HALF HOUR LATER. WILLIAMS WAS SERVING TIME IN THE BEAUREGARD PARISH TRANSITIONAL WORK RELEASE PROGRAM FOR MULTIPLE FELONY OFFENSES INCLUDING AGGRAVATED FLIGHT FROM AN OFFICER.
CHURCH POINT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD DEZRYN FREEMAN FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING A MAN DURING AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED FRIDAY AFTERNOON ON RICHARD CIRCLE NEAR WEST KELLER STREET. INVESTIGATORS LEARNED FREEMAN AND THE VICTIM WERE FRIENDS. FREEMAN IS WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ARMED ROBBERY, THEFT OF A FIREARM AND ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM.
A PROPERTY TAX THAT WAS REJECTED BY LAFAYETTE PARISH VOTERS WILL BE ON THE BALLOT AGAIN IN DECEMBER. THE PROPERTY TAX RENEWAL WAS TURNED DOWN TWO MONTHS AGO. THE EXISTING PROPERTY TAX ACCOUNTS FOR SIXTY PERCENT OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM’S BUDGET. VOTERS WILL DECIDE ON THE LIBRARY MILLAGE AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE RENEWALS IN DECEMBER.
THE LOUISIANA SHRIMP ASSOCIATION IS CHALLENGING A FEDERAL MANDATE REQUIRING SHRIMP BOATS LONGER THAN FORTY FEET TO USE TURTLE EXCLUDER DEVICES, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES. THE ASSOCIATION SAYS THE RULE WILL RESULT IN NINE-POINT-FOUR MILLION TO FORTY-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE LOSSES. THEY ARGUE THE DEVICES ARE NOT NEEDED IN LOUISIANA’S INLAND WATERS, WHERE SEA TURTLES ARE RARELY FOUND. A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS TUESDAY ABOUT THE NEW RULE.
FUNERAL SERVICES TAKE PLACE TODAY FOR NEW IBERIA POLICE CHIEF TODD D’ALBOR, WHO PASSED AWAY OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF FIFTY-SIX. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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