8-9-22
BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN THE AREA OF COURVELLE ROAD AND DORSET STREET MONDAY NIGHT. DANIELLE JOHNSON REPORTS.
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THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE ATTORNEY FOR LAFAYETTE CITY COURT, GARY MCGOFFIN, SAYING HE ALLEGEDLY VIOLATED LOUISIANA PUBLIC RECORDS LAWS. L-C-G CLAIMS IN THE LAWSUIT THAT MCGOFFIN HAS NOT TURNED OVER PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTED AS PART OF AN AUDIT OF CITY COURT. MCGOFFIN TELLS THE ADVOCATE THE LAWSUIT COMES AS A SHOCK AND HE DID NOT KNOW L-C-G HAD NOT RECEIVED THE DOCUMENTS REQUESTED. MCGOFFIN HAS REPRESENTED THE CURRENT AND THE ADVERTISER IN LAWSUITS AGAINST
L-C-G OVER PUBLIC RECORDS.
CASEWORKERS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES WILL IMMEDIATELY VISIT YOUNG CHILDREN HOSPITALIZED UNDER SUSPICION OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT. THE DEPARTMENT SECRETARY, MARKETA GARNER WALTERS, ANNOUNCED THE POLICY CHANGE TO THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN. IT COMES AFTER A TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY IN BATON ROUGE DIED FROM A FENTANYL OVERDOSE. THE BOY HAD STAYED IN THE CARE OF HIS MOTHER DESPITE AT LEAST TWO OTHER HOSPITALIZATIONS WHICH WERE BOTH REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT BY HOSPITAL STAFF.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION TO THE HOMOCIDE OF SIXTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD TAFFORD DESHOTEL ON AUGUST THIRD. POLICE SAY D-N-A EVIDENCE LED TO THE ARREST OF THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD KENDRICK COX OF NATCHITOCHES ON FRIDAY. HE HAS BEEN BOOKED INTO THE CALCASIEU PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON A CHARGE OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT ONE MILLION DOLLARS. THERE IS ALSO AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT AGAINST COX FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN NATCHITOCHES.
AN OPELOUSAS MAN WAS SHOT IN AN ALLEGED ATTEMPTED ROBBERY YESTERDAY. THE VICTIM CALLED POLICE SAYING THREE MEN APPROACHED HIM IN THE ALLEY B AREA AND ONE OF THEM PULLED OUT A GUN AND SHOT HIM. HE SAYS HE HAD BEEN UNABLE TO ALERT ANYONE TO HIS CONDITION FOR SOME TIME AFTER THE SHOOTING. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
SCHOOL’S SET TO START THURSDAY IN LAFAYETTE PARISH AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS STILL HIRING BUS DRIVERS. THEY’VE BEEN DEALING WITH A BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AND THE PROCESS TO FIND DRIVERS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND BEYOND. TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR JAMES THOMAS URGES PARENTS TO BE PATIENT AS THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS ARE CHAOTIC AND STRESSFUL. THE TRANSPORTATION CALL CENTER IS BEING MANNED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM SEVEN-THIRTY TO FIVE AND PARENTS CAN CALL WITH QUESTIONS AT FIVE-TWO-ONE-RIDE.
THIRTEEN STATES IN THE NATION DO NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN ALL THE LIVING AREAS OF THEIR PRISONS, INCLUDING LOUISIANA. THE TOP PRISON ADMINISTRATOR FOR LOUISIANA IS LOOKING TO TAKE THE STATE OFF THAT LIST. JAMES LEBLANC SAYS PRISON IS PUNISHMENT ENOUGH. LEGISLATORS HAVEN’T APPROPRIATED THE FUNDS TO AIR CONDITION ALL LIVING AREAS, SO LEBLANC IS USING THE DEPARTMENT’S REPAIR BUDGET TO INSTALL A-C IN PARTS OF THE STATE’S NINE PRISONS.
A RAYNE WOMAN IS ON THE RUN AFTER ALLEGEDLY STEALING THIRTY-FIVE-HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM A CO-WORKER’S ACCOUNT. TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD LASHELLE DUGAS IS WANTED ON A CHARGE OF FELONY THEFT. POLICE SAY ON MULTIPLE TIMES, ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR HER TO SURRENDER HERSELF TO POLICE BUT SHE HAS FAILED TO DO SO. ANYONE WHO KNOWS HER WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS.
