9-16-22
AN ABBEVILLE MAN, REGARDED AS ACADIANA’S MOST WANTED FUGITIVE, WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER A HIGH-SPEED CHASE THAT BEGAN IN LAFAYETTE PARISH AND ENDED IN VERMILLION PARISH. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD GAVIN GARNICA WAS WANTED IN VERMILLION, LAFAYETTE AND IBERIA PARISHES ON NUMEROUS CHARGES. THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE VERMILLION PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, EDDIE LANGLINAIS, SAYS MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE COLLABORATED IN THE SEARCH FOR GARNICA OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. LANGLINAIS SAYS GARNICA IS KNOWN TO BE A VIOLENT INDIVIDUAL WITH A PROPENSITY TO PUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE INNOCENT PUBLIC AT RISK.
A LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICER, INJURED IN A PURSUIT IN DOWNTOWN LAFAYETTE ONE MONTH AGO, WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY SURROUNDED BY FELLOW OFFICERS CHEERING HIM. OFFICER BRIAN ROZAS ATTEMPTED TO STOP A DRIVER, JAYLIN CHAVIS, WHO ALLEGEDLY HIT HIM WITH THE VEHICLE AND DRAGGED HIM ONE HUNDRED FEET. MORE THAN FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS RAISED FOR ROZAS THROUGH A GO FUND ME ACCOUNT. INTERIM POLICE CHIEF MONTE POTIER SAYS HE’S EXCITED ABOUT ROZA’S RECOVERY AND ROZA’S TOLD HIM HE CAN’T WAIT TO COME BACK.
A CARLYSS WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A CRASH CAUSED BY HER DRIVING THE WRONG WAY. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD KAMI ANGELLE MANUEL WAS DRIVING WEST IN THE EASTBOUND LANES AT AROUND TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE
A-M THURSDAY WHEN SHE SLAMMED HEAD-ON INTO ANOTHER PICKUP TRUCK. MANUEL WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE WHILE THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER PICKUP WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES WERE SUBMITTED FOR ANALYSIS.
REPORTS OF A SHOOTING NEAR THE MAGNET ACADEMY FOR CULTURAL ARTS CAMPUS IN OPELOUSAS LED TO THE SCHOOL BEING PLACED ON LOCKDOWN. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT IS PROPOSING BUILDING A NEW FIRE STATION ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY ON CAMELIA BOULEVARD AT EASTLAND DRIVE. IT WOULD REPLACE THE FIRE STATION AT MONTROSE AND JOHNSTON STREETS, WHICH IS NO LONGER BIG ENOUGH, ACCORDING TO FIRE CHIEF ROBERT BENOIT. SOME LAFAYETTE RESIDENTS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE CHOICE OF THE NEW LOCATION. THEY SAY THEY WERE PROMISED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD REMAIN GREEN SPACE.
A CALCASIEU PARISH EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN BOOKED FOR MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE. DETECTIVES WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BEGAN INVESTIGATING THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD DANI R. BAILEY OF LAKE CHARLES FOR ALLEGEDLY USING EQUIPMENT BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT. DETECTIVES SAY SHE ADMITTED USING THE EQUIPMENT FOR PERSONAL USE. THEY ALSO INVESTIGATED COMPLAINTS THAT SHE HAD USED DISTRICT FUNDS TO MAKE PERSONAL PURCHASES.
A SAINT MARTINVILLE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY MAKING THREATS TO OFFICIALS AT SAINT MARTINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A PARENT MAKING A DISTURBANCE IN THE FRONT OFFICE AT THE SCHOOL AT AROUND EIGHT-THIRTY YESTERDAY MORNING, ACCORDING TO SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX. THE WOMAN, THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD HORRISA WHITE, WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN LAFAYETTE BY LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. SHE WAS LATER TRANSPORTED TO THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER, WHERE SHE WAS BOOKED ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING TERRORIZING.
LAFAYETTE UTILITY SYSTEMS IS EXTENDING THEIR SUSPENSION OF LATE PAYMENT CHARGES ANOTHER MONTH. THE SUSPENSION IS NOW SCHEDULED TO END ON OCTOBER THIRTY-FIRST. CUSTOMERS CAN MAKE PAYMENTS BY MAIL, PHONE, OR ONLINE AT LUS-DOT-ORG. CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO MAKE PAYMENTS AT THE L-U-S CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTERS LOCATED AT EIGHTEEN-SEVENTY-FIVE WEST PINHOOK ROAD AND TWENTY-SEVEN-OH-ONE MOSS STREET.
