9-1-26
A YOUNGSVILLE MAN WAS SENTENCED TO THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON FOR A CRASH THAT KILLED FIFTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD GILBERT PRICE OF RAYNE, THE FATHER OF KLFY TV REPORTER KYE PRICE. INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THAT BILLY KRITZER HAD NARCOTICS IN HIS SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. STATE POLICE SAY KRITZER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY NINETY IN ACADIA PARISH WHEN HE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND HIT PRICE’S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. KRITZER WILL SERVE FIFTEEN YEARS IN PRISON AND THEN FIFTEEN YEARS ON PAROLE.
THE LAFAYETTE CORONER’S OFFICE HAS SCHEDULED AN AUTOPSY TODAY FOR A BODY FOUND AT A DEMOLITION SITE. THE BADLY DECOMPOSED BODY WAS FOUND THURSDAY EVENING BY A WORKER AT THE VACANT LA QUINTA INN HOTEL ON EVANGELINE THRUWAY, WHICH IS BEING DEMOLISHED. LAFAYETTE POLICE DETERMINED THE MAN, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND, DID NOT DIE BECAUSE OF THE DEMOLITION. IF THE AUTOPSY DOES NOT LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF HIS IDENTIFICATION, IT WILL BE SENT TO BATON ROUGE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE STRENGTHENED INTO TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD YESTERDAY EVENING. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR LOWER VERMILLION PARISH AS WELL AS CAMERON PARISH. FORECASTERS WARN THAT STORM SURGE COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION ALONG PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. IT COULD RESULT IN COASTAL FLOODING, HEAVY SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. IT MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS CAUSING POWER OUTAGES NEAR THE STORM’S PATH.
STATE POLICE ARRESTED AN OAKDALE POLICE OFFICER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JALEN MELBERT IS ACCUSED OF USING HIS POSITION AS A POLICE OFFICER TO INFLUENCE THE VICTIM TO ENGAGE IN RELATIONS WITH HIM. HE’S ALSO ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO MANIPULATE EVIDENCE. MELBERT FACES ONE COUNT EACH OF ABUSE OF OFFICE AND EVIDENCE-RELATED MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE.
WESTGATE HIGH SCHOOL IN NEW IBERIA WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF A BOMB THREAT. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A PHONY THREAT AS IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SEARCHED THE CAMPUS BEFORE GIVING THE ALL CLEAR. THE SCHOOL WAS ALSO THE VICTIM OF ANOTHER PHONY BOMB THREAT ONE WEEK AGO ON MONDAY, AUGUST TWENTY-FOURTH.
RICH ANGEL DRIVE AT WEST GLORIA SWITCH ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW THROUGH FRIDAY. LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAY THE CLOSURE WILL ALLOW ROAD CREWS TO REPLACE A DETERIORATED CROSS DRAIN WITH A NEW REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPE. IT WILL IMPROVE DRAINAGE IN THE AREA. THE DETOUR ROUTE WILL CONSIST OF WEST GLORIA SWITCH TO BLOOMFIELD DRIVE TO ARPENT STREET.
A NEW LAW LIMITING CERTAIN NOISE, NUISANCE AND TRESPASS CLAIMS AGAINST AEROSPACE OPERATORS HAS TAKEN EFFECT IN LOUISIANA. IT WAS ONE OF FOUR NEW BILLS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE AEROSPACE COMPANIES LEGAL PROTECTIONS IN ORDER TO ATTRACT FUTURE OPERATIONS. ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE BILL, STATE REPRESENTATIVE TEHMI CHAISSON OF LAFAYETTE, SAYS IT WAIVES CERTAIN LIABILITIES WHILE MAINTAINING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MAJOR VIOLATIONS. HE SAYS A LOT OF LIABILITIES WERE WAIVED TO GET SPACEX’S INTEREST IN THE AREA.
AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION TO A STABBING THAT LEFT ONE MAN INJURED IN VILLE PLATTE. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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