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DAVE’S GUNSHOP IN LAFAYETTE AND TWO PEOPLE FROM BROUSSARD HAVE BEEN INDICTED ON SEVERAL FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGES. DAVE’S GUNSHOP, THE OWNER JEREMIAH MICAH DEARE AND THIRTY-YEAR-OLD SARAH ELAINE FOGLE FACE A CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY TO ENGAGE IN THE BUSINESS OF DEALING IN FIREARMS WITHOUT A LICENSE, AS WELL AS OTHER CHARGES. THE INDICTMENTS COME AFTER THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES CONDUCTED A COMPLIANCE CHECK LAST MONTH. THE INDICTMENT SAYS DEARE AND FOGLE DID NOT DOCUMENT LARGE QUANTITIES OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION FROM ESTATE SALES AND HAD OTHER RECORDKEEPING VIOLATIONS, PLUS THEY ALLEGEDLY SOLD FIREARMS AT GUN SHOWS WITHOUT DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS.
A STUDENT AT S-J WELSH MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LAKE CHARLES WAS ARRESTED FOR MAKING THREATS. THE THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD ALLEGEDLY SAID HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE THREAT THAT AFTERNOON AND ARRESTED THE STUDENT. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER ON A CHARGE OF TERRORIZING.
HURRICANE IDA VICTIMS IN SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT MARY PARISHES CAN NOW RECEIVE FREE HELP WITH THEIR ROOF DAMAGE. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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New Orleans is showing signs of making a comeback nearly two weeks after Hurricane Ida blasted coastal Louisiana. Nearly all of the power is back on, and gasoline is easier to find. Other parts of Louisiana are still struggling with massive power outages. A state agency says more than 270,000 homes and businesses remain without electricity, but only a few thousand power customers with severe damage remain in the dark in New Orleans.
EIGHT DEPUTIES FROM IBERIA PARISH HAVE RETURNED HOME AFTER HELPING WITH RECOVERY EFFORTS IN TERREBONNE PARISH. THEY HAD BEEN ASSISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE FOR THE PAST TEN DAYS. ON THURSDAY, THE IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE PROVIDED LUNCH FOR OVER FOUR HUNDRED TERREBONNE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE DEPUTIES, EMPLOYEES AND FIRST RESPONDERS WORKING IN THE AREA. IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF TOMMY ROMERO TELLS KLFY TV THAT HE WANTS TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE, INCLUDING HELPING YOUR NEIGHBORS.
Louisiana wildlife officials say they have documented more than 100 oil-soaked birds after crude oil spilled from a refinery flooded during Hurricane Ida. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Thursday that a growing number of oiled birds had been observed within heavy pockets of oil throughout the Phillips 66 Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. Ten oiled birds have been captured and transported to a rehabilitation location for cleaning. Other animals were also seen covered in oil, include alligators, nutria and river otters.
STUDENTS AT U-L LAFAYETTE ARE NOW REQUIRED TO GET THE COVID-NINETEEN VACCINE. THEY MUST GET THEIR FIRST DOSE BY SEPTEMBER TWENTIETH OR THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REGISTER FOR FUTURE SEMESTERS. STUDENTS OPTING OUT ALSO HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER TWENTIETH TO REQUEST AN EXEMPTION. U-L ANNOUNCED THEIR VACCINATION GUIDELINES YESTERDAY IN A CAMPUSWIDE MESSAGE.
SIX PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BURGLARY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING OF MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FIREARMS FROM A GUNSHOP IN VERMILLION PARISH. DEPUTIES ON THE WAY TO THE GUN SHOP NOTICED A VEHICLE COMING FROM THE LOCATION OF THE SHOP AND TRIED TO PULL IT OVER, BUT THE DRIVER SPED AWAY AND EVENTUALLY CRASHED THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS CAPTURED WHILE THE OTHERS FLED ON FOOT. A FURTHER INVESTIGATION LED TO THE ARREST OF FOUR OTHER ADULTS AND A JUVENILE.
