9-10-15
A VETERAN LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER SHOT A 70-YEAR-OLD MAN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHILE RESPONDING TO AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE CALL. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF PAROLE FOR SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND’S STEPFATHER IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR. A JURY IN AUGUST FOUND 27-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN JEROME GUILLORY GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER FOR KILLING 43-YEAR-OLD FELTON BOUTTE JUNIOR. FAMILY MEMBERS TESTIFIED THAT GUILLORY AND BOUTTE GOT INTO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION. GUILLORY THEN WENT AND GOT A GUN AND SHOT BOUTTE THREE TIMES.
A Louisiana man has been charged with attempted manslaughter after crashing his car into a fence while a police officer was hanging onto the driver’s side door. The Breaux Bridge Police Department arrested 33-year-old Donald Clement Jr. on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and several traffic violations. Authorities later obtained a warrant for his arrest on charges of manslaughter and resisting an officer with force. The deputy was hospitalized with severe injuries.
The competition for the Louisiana lieutenant governor’s job has picked up its first Democratic contender. Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden signed up for the race Wednesday, the second day of the election qualifying period. He joins three Republican candidates who registered a day earlier: state Sen. Elbert Guillory of Opelousas, former Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser and Jefferson Parish President John Young. The election is Oct. 24.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT LAST WEEK INTERVIEWED FIVE FIRMS THAT WANT TO HELP PLAN AN ELEVATED I-49 CONNECTOR THROUGH THE CITY. THE FIVE-AND-A-HALF MILE ELEVATED INTERSTATE CONNECTOR WOULD RUN FROM I-TEN TO THE LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT, SKIRTING THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND SOME OF THE CITY’S OLDEST NEIGHBORHOODS. THE LIST OF FIVE CITY PLANNING CONSULTING FIRMS WILL BE TRIMMED TO THREE BEFORE IT IS PRESENTED TO CITY PARISH PRESIDENT JOEY DUREL. LAST YEAR, THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT SECURED A MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT TO HELP PAY FOR THE PLANNING.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF A PEDESTRIAN, WHO WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A CAR ON INTERSTATE TEN NEAR THE LAKESHORE DRIVE EXIT. THE PEDESTRIAN WAS 46-YEAR-OLD JOHN CARL FRUGE OF LAKE CHARLES. DEPUTY CHIEF MARK KRAUS SAYS FRUGE WAS HIT AT ABOUT 8:30 SATURDAY NIGHT BY A CAR TRAVELING WESTBOUND IN AN OUTSIDE LANE, AND FRUGE LATER DIED AT CHRISTUS ST. PATRICK HOSPITAL. RESULTS FROM STANDARD TOXICOLOGY TESTS ON THE DRIVER AND PEDESTRIAN ARE STILL PENDING.
THE GIRLFRIEND OF RONALD DALTON DUNNAGAN IS EXPECTED TO TESTIFY TODAY IN HIS MURDER TRIAL. LEILA MULLA WAS A DANCER AT A BATON ROUGE GENTLEMAN’S CLUB WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER LAST YEAR AND WAS SENTENCED TO THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON FOR AIDING IN THE DEATH OF CROWLEY BUSINESSMAN GARY KERGAN IN 1984. MULLA ALLEGEDLY LURED KERGAN TO AN APARTMENT WHERE SHE GAVE HIM WINE POISONED BY DUNNAGAN. PROSECUTORS SAYS HE ROBBED AND DISMEMBERED KERGAN, THEN DISPOSED OF HIS BODY, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.
Louisiana’s Department of Education is seeking applications from school districts and charter schools seeking a share of $4 million in grants aimed at improving graduation rates for students with disabilities. In a Wednesday news release, the department says the federal money is available for districts and charter schools serving high school students. The amount awarded to each district or charter organization will be based on the quality of the individual application, the number of students to be helped by the money and the overall amount of money requested.
Purposes for the grant money include purchase of equipment to help students with disabilities prepare for careers, and establishment of partnerships with businesses to provide workplace experiences for such students.
