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9-16-19

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF VERMILLION PARISH IS SUING THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR DAMAGES AND THE RIGHT TO A FAIR HEARING.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.

 

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THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IS WARNING RESIDENTS OF A SCAM INVOLVING SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS.  THE BUREAU SAYS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GETTING A ROBOCALL CLAIMING TO BE FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SAYING THEIR SOCIALS ARE ABOUT TO BE SUSPENDED AND ADVISING THAT THE PERSON CALL A PHONE NUMBER.  THE BUREAU WARNS NOT TO CALL THE NUMBER.  THE BUREAU SAYS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES DO NOT CALL UNSOLICITED BUT INSTEAD SEND LETTERS IF THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT SOMEONE.

 

AN ATTEMPT BY DUSON POLICE TO PULL OVER A CAR FOR DRUGS TURNED INTO A HIGH SPEED PURSUIT ON I-TEN THAT ENDED AT THE INTERSECTION OF AMBASSADOR CAFFERY AND WILLOW IN LAFAYETTE SATURDAY.  THE CAR WAS IDENTIFIED BY POLICE THROUGH SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AS ONE USED TO DROP OFF DRUGS AT A TRUCK STOP CASINO IN DUSON.  DURING THE CHASE, THE PASSENGERS WERE THROWING ITEMS FROM THE VEHICLE.  POLICE RECOVERED THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF MARIJUANA AND METHAMPHETAMINE AND ARRESTED THE THREE PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE.

 

Louisiana authorities have encountered products marketed as delivering the cannabis extract CBD but that instead were spiked with synthetic marijuana.  As of April, laboratory testing by state police had found 14 gummy products that said they contained CBD but instead had the dangerous street drug.  The Associated Press gathered the results for an investigation into how some operators are capitalizing on the CBD boom by substituting synthetic marijuana for CBD.  Industry representatives acknowledge spiking is an issue, but say many companies are reputable.

 

AN OPELOUSAS TEENAGER WAS SHOT WHILE WALKING HOME FROM A PARTY WHERE A FIGHT BROKE OUT.  15-YEAR-OLD JAVON AGGISON IS IN STABLE CONDITION.  AFTER HE WAS SHOT AT AROUND ONE A-M SUNDAY, AGGISON WENT TO A LOCAL BURGER KING TO GET HELP.  POLICE CHIEF MARTIN MCCLENDON SAYS THE SHOOTING MAY BE RELATED TO THE FIGHT AT THE PARTY AND ONE THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

 

A CAR RAN INTO THE SIDE OF A TOBACCO PLUS STORE FRIDAY AT THE CORNER OF NELSON AND WEST PRIEN LAKE ROADS IN LAKE CHARLES.  THE DRIVER TOLD AN EMPLOYEE THAT A ROLL OF WET WIPES GOT STUCK BETWEEN THE PEDALS, CAUSING HER TO ACCELERATE.  LIEUTENANT JEFF KEENUM OF THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE STORE REMAINS OPEN THOUGH THE DRIVE THRU WINDOW HAS BEEN CLOSED.

 

A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY DROWNED IN A HOTEL SWIMMING POOL.  THE HOTEL WAS ON HIGHWAY 14 IN NEW IBERIA.  THE BOY WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL BUT PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL.  IT APPEARS TO BE ACCIDENTAL BUT NEW IBERIA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.  POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED ANY OTHER DETAILS.

 

Louisiana is among nine states where at least 35% of adults are obese.  Those findings are included in a national report released Thursday by the nonpartisan Trust for America’s Health, which emphasises the health problems associated with obesity.  Mississippi tied with West Virginia in 2018 for the highest level of adult obesity in the nation, 39.5%. Louisiana ranked fourth with 36.8% of adults obese.