9-1-17
A SUNSET MAN LED SCOTT POLICE ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE THROUGH LAFAYETTE PARISH. A SCOTT POLICE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER 18-YEAR-OLD DYLAN CHIASSON FOR SPEEDING BUT HE REFUSED TO STOP. CHIASSON WENT FROM SCOTT TO CARENCRO AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED AT A HOME ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LAFAYETTE, WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HE FACES SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING NO DRIVER’S LICENSE AND FELONY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON A POLICE OFFICER.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS CONFIRMED THAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL VISIT LOUISIANA SATURDAY. HE’S TOURING AREAS THAT WERE DAMAGED BY HURRICANE HARVEY, WHICH LATER BECAME A TROPICAL STORM WHEN IT CAME ASHORE A SECOND TIME IN LOUISIANA. IT’S LIKELY TRUMP WILL VISIT LAKE CHARLES. THE SHELTER IN LAKE CHARLES REMAINS OPEN AND FULL, AND SOME HAVE BEEN BUSSED TO A MEGA SHELTER WHICH WAS OPENED IN ALEXANDRIA.
THE STATE HAS SET UP A MEGA SHELTER IN ALEXANDRIA TO HOUSE EVACUEES FROM TEXAS. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS VISITED WITH PEOPLE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND HE SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO BE THE BEST POSSIBLE NEIGHBORS TO TEXAS. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES IS OPERATING THE SHELTER, WHICH HAS TWO THOUSAND COTS SET UP. AS OF TWO P-M YESTERDAY, THE SHELTER HAD 700 PEOPLE IN IT, BUT BUSLOADS OF EVACUEES WERE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
AN ALEXANDRIA SOFTWARE DEVELOPER AND HIS TEAM AT ENHANCESOFT CREATED SOME SOFTWARE THAT HELPED THE CAJUN NAVY RESCUE PEOPLE IN TEXAS. PETER ROTICH SAYS THE SOFTWARE WAS DESIGNED FOR CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND IS USED IN MORE THAN 200 COUNTRIES BUT HIS TEAM WAS ABLE TO ADD FEATURES SO THAT THE CAJUN NAVY COULD USE IT. HE TELLS THE USA TODAY NETWORK THAT HE RECEIVED A CALL ON MONDAY FROM A LAFAYETTE MAN WITH THE CAJUN NAVY ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING THAT. ROTICH SAYS HE WAS GLAD TO HELP BECAUSE HE WAS IN NEW ORLEANS DURING HURRICANE KATRINA AND KNOWS FIRSTHAND ABOUT THE CHAOS THAT COMES IMMEDIATELY AFTER A NATURAL DISASTER.
A 65 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WILL BE GOING UP IN BREAUX BRIDGE TO HOUSE GANDER OUTDOORS AND CAMPING WORLD. GANDER OUTDOORS IS FORMERLY GANDER MOUNTAIN, SPECIALIZING IN HUNTING, FISHING AND HIKING EQUIPMENT, WHILE CAMPING WORLD IS THE LARGEST RETAILER OF MOTOR HOMES, CAMPERS AND CAMPING SUPPLIES. MAYOR RICKY CALAIS SAYS THE PROJECT WILL BRING TWELVE TO FIFTEEN NEW JOBS TO THE BREAUX BRIDGE AREA. HE SAYS CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BEGIN BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
LAST NIGHT, AN OPEN HOUSE WAS HELD IN LAFAYETTE TO GET RESIDENTS FEEDBACK ON A PROPOSED PROJECT TO MAKE JOHNSTON STREET SAFER BETWEEN AMBASSADOR CAFFERY AND MAURICE. DEIDRA DRUILLET OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT SAYS THEY WANT TO INSTALL J-TURNS ALONG THAT PART OF JOHNSTON STREET. THAT WOULD MEAN MOTORISTS, WANTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON TO JOHNSTON STREET, WOULD HAVE TO TURN RIGHT INSTEAD AND GO DOWN A WAYS TO MAKE A U-TURN IN THE MEDIAN. SHE SAYS THAT MAKES IT SAFER BY REQUIRING THE DRIVER TO ENTER WITH, INSTEAD OF AGAINST, THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. IF APPROVED, CONSTRUCTION WOULD BEGIN IN EARLY 2019.
A JENNINGS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING AN IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP WITH A STUDENT. THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD NOTIFIED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP AND DETECTIVES CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION WHICH LED TO AN ARREST WARRANT BEING ISSUED FOR 26-YEAR-OLD RACHEL MARIE GILLESPIE. SHE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE AND HER BOND HAS BEEN SET AT 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS.THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AND JUDGES WITH THE 31ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT HAVE RECUSED THEMSELVES FROM THE CASE CITING CONFLICTS.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING AT AROUND 10:30 LAST NIGHT IN NEW IBERIA. IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE SHOOTING WHICH HAPPENED IN THE 700 BLOCK OF SOUTH HOPKINS, BUT FOUND THE VICTIM IN THE 600 BLOCK OF AMBASSADOR WEST LEMELLE DRIVE. THE VICTIM HAD MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION.
