9-2-22
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN LAFAYETTE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND ON THURSDAY, A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS ARRESTED ON A FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A RAYNE MAN PLED GUILTY LAST APRIL TO A CHARGE OF FELON IN POSSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND WILL SPEND TEN YEARS IN PRISON, ACCORDING TO U-S ATTORNEY BRANDON B. BROWN. ONE YEAR AGO, THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD LAMAR MALBROUGH WAS PULLED OVER BY ACADIA PARISH DEPUTIES FOR A TRAFFIC STOP AND WAS THEN ARRESTED WHEN THEY FOUND HE HAD AN ACTIVE WARRANT. THE DEPUTIES FOUND FENTANYL, METHAMPHETAMINE, MARIJUANA AND A FIREARM IN HIS VEHICLE. MALBROUGH HAS SEVERAL PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS DATING BACK TO TWO THOUSAND EIGHT.
THREE MEN WHO BURNED THE BODY OF TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD LEXIE DOGA IN A CAR OFF OF ALSTON CEMETARY ROAD IN BEAUREGARD PARISH WILL BE SENTENCED THIS AFTERNOON. AN AUTOPSY FOUND DOGA HAD A VERY HIGH DOSE OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN HER SYSTEM AND SHE WAS ALREADY DEAD WHEN THE FIRE STARTED. THE THREE MEN, MORGAN DOUGLAS, DIXON FIFE, AND MICHAEL ROBERTS, ALL PLEADED GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTION AS PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT. FIRST ASSISTANT D-A RICHARD MORTON SAYS THE THREE MOVED THE BODY FROM CALCASIEU PARISH TO BEAUREGARD PARISH AND BURNED THE BODY, DESTROYING ALL EVIDENCE.
THIS TUESDAY, THE LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE GUILLORY ADMINISTRATION OVER THE AWARDING OF A CONTRACT AND THE REMOVAL OF A SPOIL BANK IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH. CITY COUNCILMAN GLENN LAZARD SAYS MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY RECOMMENDED THEY DO AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT IF THEY CHOOSE. HE SAYS THE REMOVAL OF THE SPOIL BANK GOT THEIR ATTENTION BUT THEY ARE NOT SAYING ANYBODY DID ANYTHING WRONG, THEY JUST DON’T KNOW. GUILLORY’S SPOKESPERSON JAMIE ANGELLE SAYS ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED, THEY’RE CONFIDENT THERE WILL BE NO FINDINGS OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
SIX MEN WERE INDICTED IN A FEDERAL COURT IN NEW ORLEANS FOR WIRE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING. THREE OF THE MEN WERE FROM ACADIANA, THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD LANCE VALLO OF GUEYDAN, THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD GRANT MENARD OF KAPLAN AND THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD ZEB SARTIN OF LAFAYETTE. THE INDICTMENT ALLEGES THAT THE MEN USED SEVERAL LOUISIANA SHELL COMPANIES WITHOUT ASSESTS TO DEFRAUD A MERCHANT CASH COMPANY IN GEORGIA. THE GEORGIA COMPANY ALLEGEDLY LOST AROUND SIX-POINT-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, ACCORDING TO THE INDICTMENT.
THE AMERICAN JOB CENTER IS HOSTING A RESOURCE FAIR IN LAKE CHARLES WEDNESDAY. RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, HOUSING AND MORE. THE AMERICAN JOB CENTER WILL SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT ITS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT AIM TO HELP PARTICIPANTS FIND JOBS AND CAREERS. THE RESOURCE FAIR WILL TAKE PLACE WEDNESDAY AT THE ALLEN P. AUGUST ANNEX BUILDING ON MOELING STREET FROM NINE TO NOON.
A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD FROM DUSON RIDING A MOTORCYCLE WAS KILLED WHEN HE HIT A G-M-C YUKON THAT TURNED INTO HIS PATH. THE DRIVER OF THE YUKON WAS TURNING LEFT ONTO THE WESTBOUND ON-RAMP FOR THE INTERSTATE AT THE DUSON INTERCHANGE. NATHAN L. LEBLANC WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT, WHICH HAPPENED AT AROUND NINE-THIRTY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE DRIVER OF THE YUKON, MARY BATISTE OF JENNINGS, GAVE A BREATH SAMPLE THAT INDICATED NO ALCOHOL.
THE SAINT LANDRY EVANGELINE UNITED WAY HAS REACHED ITS CAPACITY FOR ASSISTANCE FOR ENTERGY CUSTOMERS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GINGER LECOMPTE SAYS THEY RECEIVED A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FROM ENTERGY CUSTOMERS AND REACHED THE FUNDING CAPACITY. SHE SAYS THOSE WHO APPLIED WILL BE NOTIFIED IF THEY WERE APPROVED. THE UNITED WAY IS OFFERING FIFTY DOLLAR FOOD GIFT CARDS TO HOUSEHOLDS IN SAINT LANDRY AND EVANGELINE PARISHES, AND APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT U-S-W-L-E-DOT-ORG.
