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THE PRESIDENT OF THE LAFAYETTE N-DOUBLB-A-C-P IS CALLING FOR THE CITY TO ELECT ITS POLICE CHIEF RATHER THAN IT BEING APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT. RAVIS MARTINEZ SAYS HE’S CONCERNED ABOUT THE CULTURE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER THE RELEASE OF VIDEOS SHOWING APPARENT EXCESSIVE FORCE ARRESTS. HE SAYS IT’S AN ISSUE HE WANTS RESOLVED QUICKLY. MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET AND POLICE CHIEF PAUL TROUARD HAVE AGREED TO MEET WITH MARTINEZ.
THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ARRESTED TWO PEOPLE IN CONNECTION TO A SERIES OF THEFTS OF VEHICLES, A-T-V’S AND FIREARMS. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION IN JUNE AFTER MULTIPLE REPORTS OF STOLEN VEHICLES AND ATV’S. IN A NUMBER OF CASES, VEHICLES THAT WERE STOLEN FROM ALONG ROADWAYS BELONGED TO FARMERS WHO WERE WORKING NEARBY FIELDS. DONOVAN GALLOW AND JAQUAN LAVERGNE FACE MULTIPLE COUNTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT AND FIREARM THEFT.
THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION HAS LAUNCHED PLAY SAFE LOUISIANA, A FREE ONLINE GAME DESIGNED TO TEACH KIDS HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND REPORT A PREDATOR. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A LAKE ARTHUR MAN IS FACING MORE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES. DARRY BRALEY WAS ARRESTED IN AUGUST AFTER A SEARCH OF HIS HOME RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF A PHONE WITH IMAGES AND VIDEOS. JEFF DAVIS PARISH SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES CONDUCTED ANOTHER SEARCH WEDNESDAY AND SEIZED ADDITIONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES BELIEVED TO CONTAIN MORE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. BRALEY WAS BOOKED INTO THE JEFF DAVIS PARISH JAIL ON EIGHT COUNTS OF PORNOGRAPHY INVOLVING JUVENILES.
THE FIRST TRADER JOE’S GROCERY STORE IN LAFAYETTE OPENED YESTERDAY. THE STORE IS LOCATED ON CAMELIA BOULEVARD BETWEEN VEROT SCHOOL ROAD AND KALISTE SALOOM. OFFICIALS SAY THEY HIRED MORE THAN SIXTY WORKERS FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA AND TRANSFERRED IN OTHERS FROM NEARBY TRADER JOE’S STORES. THE LAFAYETTE STORE IS THE SIXTH IN LOUISIANA.
FORMER IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF ERROL ROMO ROMERO DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-NINE. ROMERO SERVED AS SHERIFF FROM NINETEEN EIGHTY TO NINETEEN NINETY-SIX. HE WAS THEN ELECTED TO THE STATE HOUSE AND LATER IBERIA PARISH PRESIDENT. A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIALWILL BE CELEBRATED FOR ROMERO MONDAY AFTERNOON AT ONE AT SAINT PETER’S CATHOLIC CHURCH.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER SAYS HEIDI OVERTON, PRESIDENT TRUMP’S F-D-A HEAD NOMINEE, SHOUILD MEET LOUISIANA FISHERMEN AND SHRIMPERS TO SEE THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE FROM IMPORTED SEAFOOD. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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RAYNE POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION TO THE BURGLARY OF A LOCAL PHARMACY THAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY MORNING. TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD TREMAINE BUTLER OF RAYNE WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE SUSPECT AFTER AN INVESTIGATION. HE FLED ON FOOT WHEN OFFICERS APPROACHED HIS RESIDENCE ON SECTION AVENUE. HE WAS LATER FOUND HIDING UNDERNEATH A RESIDENCE ON NORTH POLK STREET AND WAS ARRESTED.
