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9-17-19

THERE’S NEW INFORMATION ON ONE OF THE TRIALS OF THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING LAFAYETTE POLICE CORPORAL MICHAEL MIDDLEBROOK.  CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.

 

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A LAKE CHARLES MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR STALKING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND AND SENDING HER THREATENING VIDEOS AND MESSAGES OVER SOCIAL MEDIA.  33-YEAR-OLD KYLE FAUL IS SEEN IN ONE VIDEO BURNING A CROSS AND DAMAGING SOME OF HER BELONGINGS.  A WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST AND HE WAS FOUND AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THE NEXT DAY AT A LOCAL HOTEL.  FAUL FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES INCLUDING CYBERSTALKING AND BURNING A CROSS WITH INTENT TO INTIMIDATE AND HE IS BEING HELD IN THE CALCASIEU CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON NO BOND.

 

TWO CROWLEY MEN WERE ARRESTED FOR NEGLECTING AN ELDERLY RELATIVE IN THEIR CARE.  57-YEAR-OLD RAYMOND HOFFPAUIR AND 27-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN WELCH WERE EACH CHARGED WITH CRUELTY TO THE INFIRM AND THEIR BAIL WAS SET AT 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH.  THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN WHEN THE POLICE WERE CALLED TO ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL AFTER A FAMILY MEMBER, VISITING THE ELDERLY WOMAN, FOUND BANDAGES ON HER LEGS AND ANKLES, AND MAGGOT INFESTED WOUNDS.  THE TWO MEN DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THEM, BUT REPORTEDLY LATER CONFESSED THEY HADN’T CHANGED HER BANDAGES IN DAYS AND HADN’T GIVEN HER INSULIN SHOTS IN WEEKS.

 

Louisiana gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone is launching a TV attack ad against his fellow GOP contender, U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham.  It’s the first Republican-on-Republican television hit of the race, and it comes despite GOP efforts to keep Republican contenders from slamming each other. The election is on Oct. 12.  Rispone’s 30-second spot that starts airing Tuesday pans Abraham for reneging on a promise to donate his congressional salary to charity and for missing congressional votes.

 

TODAY IS CONSTITUTION DAY AND TO CELEBRATE, THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE HELD A NATURALIZATION CEREMONY.  FIFTEEN PEOPLE BECAME UNITED STATES CITIZENS AT THE UNIVERSITY YESTERDAY.  CAROLINA CASTANEDA TELLS KATC TV THAT SHE’S FROM VENEZUELA AND YESTERDAY WAS THE BEST DAY BECAUSE SHE HAD WAITED NINETEEN YEARS TO BECOME A U-S CITIZEN.  THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR THAT U-L HAS HELD A NATURALIZATION CERMONY AND OFFICIALS SAY THEY HOPE TO MAKE IT AN ANNUAL EVENT.

 

Authorities say a 12-year-old boy is the second student in Moss Bluff to be arrested on suspicion of threatening to shoot up a school.  The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office says detectives were told that the boy had threatened Friday to shoot up Moss Bluff Middle School.  Last week, a 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of threatening to shoot people at Sam Houston High School.  Each boy was arrested on suspicion of terrorizing.

 

THE ST. MARTINVILLE CITY COUNCIL IS LOOKING TO HOLD MAYOR MELINDA MITCHELL ACCOUNTABLE FOR BEING LATE ON PAYING HER ELECTRIC BILL.  THEY PASSED AN ORDINANCE REMOVING HER POWER OVER ELECTRICAL DISCONNECTS AND EXTENSIONS.  THEY ALSO VOTED TO SEND A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR NOTIFYING HIM BECAUSE OF A STATE LAW THAT SAYS ELECTED OFFICIALS CANNOT BE LATE ON THEIR UTILITIES.  COUNCILMAN CRAIG PROSPER TELLS KATC TV THAT HE BELIEVES SHE SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE.

 

The Louisiana insurance commissioner’s race on the Oct. 12 ballot is a competition between two Republicans.  Jim Donelon has held the job since 2006 and says he’s restored integrity to an office that saw three former commissioners serve prison time.  His opponent, Tim Temple, worked in the insurance industry for 20 years and says Donelon has done too little to lower automobile and commercial trucking insurance rates. Temple has put more than $1 million of his own money into the race.