9-11-23
A KAPLAN MAN WAS ARRESTED BY LAFAYETTE POLICE FOR TRYING TO MEET UP WITH A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY. IT TURNED OUT THE BOY WAS ACTUALLY MAN FROM THE GROUP LOUISIANA DADS AGAINST PREDATORS, WHO WAS POSING AS A BOY. ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO MEET AT GIRARD PARK IN LAFAYETTE AND, WHEN TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD DESHAWN COLLINS OF KAPLAN ARRIVED, HE WAS ARRESTED. JOSEPH BLACK, A MEMBER OF THE GROUP, TELLS KLFY TV THEY GAVE POLICE ALL THE EVIDENCE SHOWING COLLINS COMMITTED THE CRIMES LEADING TO CHARGES OF FELONY INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE AND FELONY COMPUTOR-AIDED SOLICITATION OF A MINOR.
A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A BURGLARY OF A BUSINESS IN LAFOURCHE PARISH. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH DERUISE (duh ROOS) ALSO HAD AN ACTIVE WARRANT FOR A LAFAYETTE PARISH BURGLARY. POLICE PULLED OVER DERUISE FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE PLATE AND FOUND IN THE VEHICLE MULTIPLE ITEMS STOLEN FROM A BUSINESS IN GOLDEN MEADOW. HE WAS ARRESTED ON THE ACTIVE WARRANT AND ON CHARGES FOR THE BURGLARY IN LAFOURCHE PARISH AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
AN UNIDENTIFIED DRIVER WAS KILLED IN A FIERY CRASH OFF OF I-TEN IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH SUNDAY MORNING. AUTHORITIES SAY THAT, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE DRIVER OF A B-M-W WENT THROUGH A DITCH, ACROSS THE SOUTH FRONTAGE ROAD AND ACROSS A GULLY. THE DRIVER, WHO WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. STATE POLICE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE DRIVER.
A federal judge has ruled that incarcerated youths be removed from a temporary lockup at a former death row building in Louisiana’s adult maximum-security prison by Sept. 15. Juvenile detainees and advocates allege that youths have been held in harmful conditions, suffering through dangerous heat waves, extended confinement to their cells, foul water and inadequate schooling. Proponents say the space is needed to house high-risk aggressive youths, many of whom have been involved in violent incidents at other detention facilities, and to keep the community safe. An attorney for the state says an appeal is planned.
THERE WAS A SHOOTING LAST NIGHT IN NEW IBERIA. IT HAPPENED AT AROUND SEVEN-TWENTY-FIVE IN THE FIVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF JULIA STREET. NEW IBERIA POLICE SAY THERE WAS ONE VICTIM BUT HAVE NOT RELEASED THE CONDITION OF THAT VICTIM. THERE ARE NO OTHER DETAILS AT THIS TIME.
A SPECIAL MEETING IS PLANNED FOR TODAY FOR THE LAFAYETTE PARISH PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD TO CONSIDER BUYING LAND FOR A NORTHEAST REGIONAL LIBRARY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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A WELSH MAN WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT FRIDAY MORNING IN JEFF DAVIS PARISH. STATE POLICE SAY EIGHTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ROBERT R. MONTIE WAS DRIVING AN A-T-V ON L-A ELEVEN-TWENTY-SIX NEAR NELSON ROAD WHEN HE WAS REAR-ENDED BY THE DRIVER OF A NISSAN ALTIMA. MONTIE WAS EJECTED FROM HIS VEHICLE AND AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL BUT DIED ON SATURDAY. STATE POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE IMPAIRMENT WAS A CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
FIREFIGHTERS WORKED TO PUT OUT AN A-T-V FIRE IN WOODS OFF OF CEMETARY ROAD NEAR RED ROBERTS IN EVANGELINE PARISH. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE OPERATOR OF THE A-T-V TRESPASSED IN THE WOODS AND THERE WAS A HEAVY FUEL LOAD ON THE FLOOR OF THE FOREST, WHICH CAUSED THE A-T-V TO CATCH FIRE. IT SPREAD TO THE WOODS RESULTING IN THREE ACRES BEING BURNED BEFORE THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED. THE A-T-V OPERATOR WAS CITED.
