8-7-24
THE FAMILY OF A NINETEEN-MONTH-OLD GIRL, WHO WAS KILLED ONE YEAR AGO DURING A SHOOTOUT INVOLVING POLICE, HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE AND THE LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT. POLICE SAY A MAN OPENED FIRE ON THEM, WOUNDING TWO OFFICERS, SO THEY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO RETURN FIRE. THE FAMILY OF KACI CYPRIAN CLAIM THAT THE POLICE FAILED IN TRYING TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION. THE SUSPECT, THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD JOHN NICHOLAS, IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO TRIAL LATER THIS YEAR TO FACE CHARGES OF MURDER AND MULTIPLE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.
A MAN WANTED BY RAYNE POLICE FOR MULTIPLE CRIMES INCLUDING SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, TURNED HIMSELF INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY. THERE WAS A MANHUNT FOR THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD ANDRE SINEGAL THAT LASTED SIX DAYS AND SPANNED TWO STATES. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MARCUS COLEMAN WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN ON JULY THIRTY-FIRST AND LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT SINEGAL ALLEGEDLY SHOT COLEMAN IN A DISPUTE OVER A ROMANTIC INTEREST.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN WHO IS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE RAPE, TURNED HIMSELF IN TO THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SUNDAY. THE VICIM WAS UNDER THE AGE OF TEN. DETECTIVES, WHO RECEIVED A COMPLAINT, INVESTIGATED AND THEN, ON JULY ELEVENTH, THEY ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN J. LANDRY. THE BOND FOR LANDRY HAS BEEN SET AT ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS ACADIANA WILL BEGIN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. GEORGE FAUST HAS A BREAKDOWN ON WHEN CLASSES BEGIN.
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THE HEAD OF SECURITY FOR LAFAYETTE SCHOOLS, JAREN LEBLANC, SAYS ALL SCHOOL CAMPUSES ARE TIGHTLY PROTECTED. THE SECURITY PROTOCOLS INCLUDE WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEMS, OUTSIDE FENCING, SECURED ENTRANCES, SCHOOL BAG POLICIES AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY’VE PUT IN AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES, MONEY AND TIME TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT ALL CAMPUSES AND SITES. LEBLANC SAYS SUPERINTENDENT FRANCIS TOUCHET HAS PLACED AN EMPHASIS ON SAFETY.
A BALLOON RELEASE WAS HELD FOR A SAINT MARTINVILLE TEENAGER, WHO WAS KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND ALLEGEDLY BY HOME INVADORS. POLICE ARE SEEKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO IDENTIFY A CAR THAT NEIGHBORS SAY DROVE AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTER GUNSHOTS RANG OUT ON WASHINGTON STREET. THE FAMILY SAYS THEY ARE HOPING FOR JUSTICE FOR JAVONTE ANTHONY, WHO WAS JUST A FEW DAYS FROM HIS NINETEENTH BIRTHDAY.
JEANERETTE POLICE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THE ARREST OF A SECOND SUSPECT IN CONNECTION TO THE MURDER OF TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD SCHRONTE HOPES, WHO WAS KILLED ON JUNE SIXTEENTH OF LAST YEAR. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD JASON JOE JUNIOR HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH PRINCIPAL TO FIRST DEGREE-MURDER. THE FIRST SUSPECT, EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JEREMY SMITH JUNIOR, WAS ARRESTED SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING LAST YEAR AND IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. HOPES WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON HIS MOTHER’S PORCH.
THE OPELOUSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WARNING PARENTS ABOUT A NEW VAPING PRODUCT. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER JOE ANDERSON SAYS THEY LOOK LIKE NORMAL WRITING PENS THAT CAN ACTUALLY WRITE. HE SAYS THEY COME IN PLAIN WHITE PACKAGES THAT ARE SHIPPED FROM OVERSEAS. ANDERSON SAYS THE CARTRIDGES FROM SOME PLACES ARE LACED WITH FENTANYL.
