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SO FAR THIS YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 700 VEHICLE BURGLARIES IN LAFAYETTE. OF THOSE, SIXTY PERCENT INVOLVED VEHICLES THAT WERE UNLOCKED, AND, IN THOSE CRIMES, OVER 85 GUNS HAVE BEEN STOLEN. LAFAYETTE CRIME STOPPERS IS URGING RESIDENTS TO HELP STOP THIEVES BY LOCKING THEIR VEHICLE. LAST YEAR, THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND VEHICLE BURGLARIES.
THE OBERLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN SOLVING A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN THAT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT BETWEEN 8 AND 8:15. POLICE CHIEF GRADY HAYNES SAYS CALVIN JOSEPH REED WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE HEADING NORTH ON L-A 165, JUST PAST THE VALERO GAS STATION. HE SAYS THERE WAS NO DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE OBERLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FOUR MEN WERE ARRESTED IN EUNICE AFTER POLICE SAW A SOCIAL MEDIA LIVE STTREAM OF THE SUSPECTS THREATENING TO SHOOT AROUND TOWN. JEFF HORCHAK REPORTS.
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Louisiana shrimpers are getting a little more money for their catch — but there’s less catch. Nola.comThe Times-Picayune reports that a recent uptick in prices of about a nickel per pound averted a shrimpers’ strike. But the Southern Shrimp Alliance says Louisiana’s July shrimp landings — 1.3 million pounds — were the lowest for any July in at least 17 years. It’s unclear why landings were so low.
A FAMILY FROM DUSON BELIEVES COYOTES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF 25 CATS. JENNY HEUSERS TELLS KLFY TV THAT HER FAMILY TOOK IN A COMMUNITY OF CATS THAT LOST THEIR HOME IN A FIRE ONE YEAR AGO, BUT THEY STARTED DISAPPEARING. SHE SAYS THEY INSTALLED SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ON HER PROPERTY AND THAT’S HOW THEY DISCOVERED THAT COYOTES WERE KILLING THE CATS. SHE SAYS HER DAUGHTERS HAD A RUN IN WITH A COYOTE AND NOW SHE DOESN’T FEEL COMFORTABLE LETTING THEM PLAY OUTSIDE.
A JENNINGS WOMAN WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY STARTING A HOUSE FIRE IN ORDER TO GET HER BOYFRIEND TO LEAVE. WITNESSES TOLD THE LOUISIANA STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE THAT 35-YEAR-OLD JESSICA LYNN LANDRY AND HER BOYFRIEND HAD BEEN IN AN ARGUMENT, AND, WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF KICKING HIM OUT, SHE UNSUCCESSFULLY SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE. OFFICIALS SAY THAT DURING QUESTIONING, SHE GAVE CONFLICTING STORIES ABOUT THE NIGHT’S TIMELINE. WHILE BEING BOOKED INTO THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH JAIL, LANDRY ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED TO SETTING FIRE TO A BLANKET THAT WAS COVERING A BEDROOM DOOR IN ORDER TO GET HER BOYFRIEND TO LEAVE.
A FRANKLIN MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK FOR SETTING A FIRE IN THE BALDWIN POLICE STATION LAST FEBRUARY. THE LOUISIANA STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE INTERVIEWED WITNESSES WHO SAY THEY SAW 29-YEAR-OLD RAY ROBERTSON LIGHTING ITEMS ON FIRE AND TOSSING THEM INTO THE CORNER OF A TEMPORARY HOLDING CELL. THE POLICE CHIEF AND AN OFFICER PUT OUT THE FIRE AND REMOVED ROBERTSON, WHO SUFFERED BURNS TO THIRTY TO FORTY PERCENT OF HIS BODY. FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF LONG TERM MEDICAL CARE, A WARRANT WAS OBTAINED FOR ROBERTSON’S ARREST ON SEPTEMBER FIFTH.
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin is defending the process that chose the winning bidder for a lucrative contract to replace Louisiana’s years-old voting machines.
Ardoin filed his formal response Friday to a protest of the contract award that losing bidder Election Systems and Software lodged with the state’s procurement office. In his three-page letter, the Republican secretary of state said his office at all times acted in Louisiana’s best interest, seeking to find top-notch, cost-effective voting technology. Election Systems and Software said the process used to choose Dominion Voting Systems was mishandled by Ardoin, his office and the team that evaluated the bids.
