9-19-17
LAFAYETTE POLICE WERE CALLED TO BROWN PARK YESTERDAY AFTER A DEAD BODY WAS FOUND IN A VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT. THEY ARE CALLING IT A SUSPICIOUS DEATH. CORPORAL KARL RATCLIFF TELLS KATC TV THAT THEY ARE CALLING IT THAT BECAUSE OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE BODY WAS FOUND. HE SAYS THEY ARE UNABLE TO SAY WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF DEATH AT THIS TIME.
AN ENTERGY CONTRACT WORKER WAS ELECTROCUTED YESTERDAY. HE WAS WORKING ON A POWER LINE IN CALCASIEU PARISH. THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF DETAILS AT THIS TIME. THE CONTRACT WORKER’S NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.
A PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED IN PORT BARRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. CHIEF DEON BOUDREAUX SAYS THE PEDESTRIAN WAS AN EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD MAN, BUT HIS NAME IS NOT BEING RELEASED YET AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT CONTINUES. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE ON HIGHWAY 190 NEAR L-A 103 AT AROUND 2:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALS THAT THE MAN STEPPED INTO THE ROADWAY AND IN THE PATH OF AN EASTBOUND VEHICLE.
THE HEAD OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SAYS TURNOVER HAS BECOME A BIG PROBLEM. SECRETARY MARKETA WALTERS SAYS THAT, OVER THE LAST DECADE, THE DEPARTMENT HAS LOST 600 PEOPLE, WITH THE HIGHEST TURNOVER IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA. SHE SAYS THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH THE JINDAL ADMINISTRATION, WHICH, SHE CLAIMS, TREATED PEOPLE HORRIBLY. WALTERS SAYS THE AGENCY RECENTLY RECEIVED A GRANT TO STUDY WAYS TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENT AND STAFFING ISSUES GOING FORWARD.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HAS PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE THAT WILL EVALUATE THE DISTRICT’S SCHOOLS OF CHOICE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION TO THE SCHOOLS AND THEIR LOCATIONS. BOARD MEMBER JUSTIN CENTANNI SAYS HE’S CONCERNED THAT SOME BUSES THAT PICK UP STUDENTS FROM SATELLITE STOPS TO THE SCHOOLS OF CHOICE, HAVE JUST A FEW STUDENTS ABOARD. AT A SCHOOL BOARD WORKSHOP THIS WEEK, THE IDEA OF TRANSPORTATION RINGS WAS CONSIDERED IN WHICH STUDENTS WHO LIVE CLOSE TO THEIR SCHOOL OF CHOICE WOULD USE TRADITIONAL BUS SERVICE, WHILE THOSE FARTHER AWAY WOULD USE SATELLITE STOPS OR PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION. ANOTHER IDEA TALKED ABOUT AT THE WORKSHOP WAS EXPANDING TO TWO CAMPUSES THOSE SCHOOLS OF CHOICE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE LONG WAITING LISTS.
A LAKE CHARLES MAN WAS ARRESTED ON SEVEN COUNTS OF CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A JUVENILE AND PORNOGRAPHY INVOLVING JUVENILES. DETECTIVES WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT 25-YEAR-OLD BRYSON E. PARFAIT HAVING ILLICIT RELATIONS WITH A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT HE MET ONLINE. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THEY FOUND THAT THE TWO ALLEGEDLY EXCHANGED EXPLICIT PHOTOS AND VIDEOS ON THEIR CELL PHONES. WHEN QUESTIONED, PARFAIT ADMITTED HE’D BEEN WITH THE GIRL ON AT LEAST SEVEN OCCASIONS.
A ST. MARTINVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR MULTIPLE VEHICLE BURGLARIES OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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THE CITY OF RAYNE HAS A NEW BUDGET THAT HAS 19-POINT-2 MILLION DOLLARS IN EXPENDITURES BUT ONLY EXPECTS TO BRING IN 18 MILLION DOLLARS. CITY CLERK ANNETTE CUTRERA TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY WILL GO AFTER LOANS AND GRANTS TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. THE BUDGET INCLUDES ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAINTAIN CLEAN DRINKING WATER, RELIABLE ELECTRICITY AND A SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. MAYOR CHUCK ROBICHAUX SAYS THAT’S IT TIME TO UPDATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY.
