9-21-22
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS MORE.
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A VIDEO, THAT WAS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, LED TO THE ARREST OF A MAN IN CONNECTION TO AN OVERDOSE DEATH IN CROWLEY. THE VICTIM WAS FORTY-YEAR-OLD CODY GABRIEL, WHO OVERDOSED ON JULY NINETEENTH AND LATER DIED. POLICE CHIEF JIMMY BROUSSARD SAYS THE VIDEO SHOWS THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN BERNARD PUTTING PILLS IN GABRIEL’S MOUTH WHILE SHOUTING OBSCENITIES AND ALLEGEDLY ENDORSING HIS OVERDOSE. BERNARD WAS BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL ON A CHARGE OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
STATE COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATION JAY DARDENNE IS PREDICTING ANOTHER BUDGET SURPLUS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. HE TOLD THE BOARD OF REGENTS THE ONE THING THAT CONCERNS HIM IS IF THE STATE IS REQUIRED TO PAY BACK THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR STORM DAMAGE CLEANUP. BUT HE SAYS HE THINKS THEY WILL HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SITUATION FOR THE GOVERNOR’S FINAL BUDGET YEAR BEFORE HE LEAVES OFFICE IN JANUARY TWENTY-TWENTY-FOUR. THE NEXT REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE BEGINS IN APRIL.
THE OWNER OF THE DONUT KING IN LAKE CHARLES EXPLAINED TO KPLC TV A PHOTO THAT HAS GONE VIRAL SHOWING HER CARRYING A GUN OUTSIDE THE BUSINESS. TRUDY VEILLON SAYS A GROUP OF WOMEN HAD COME TO THE STORE TO CONFRONT ONE OF HER EMPLOYEES AND, AS THE DRAMA INCREASED, SHE PULLED A GUN. VEILLON ADMITS FIRING THE WEAPON IN THE AIR AND SHE WAS ISSUED A MISDEMEANOR SUMMONS FOR FIRING A GUN IN THE CITY LIMITS. VEILLON SAYS IT WAS A BAD DAY ALL AROUND AS SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER MOM, WHO WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.
THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL VOTED LAST NIGHT TO SPEND UP TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY. THE INVESTIGATION WILL LOOK INTO THE AWARDING OF DRAINAGE CONTRACTS. GUILLORY PROVIDED ANSWERS TO EIGHTEEN QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILWOMAN NANETTE COOK ASKED IN JUNE. GUILLORY SAID HIS HOPE WAS COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN READ AND REVIEW THE ANSWERS THEMSELVES WITHOUT USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO HAVE SOMEONE REVIEW THE ANSWERS FOR THEM.
THE IBERIA PARISH CORONER’S OFFICE SAYS A MAN FATALLY STABBED ON MONDAY WAS SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD CARL AUSTIN OF NEW IBERIA. POLICE, CALLED TO THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF DAUPHINE STREET MONDAY NIGHT, FOUND AUSTIN WITH TWO STAB WOUNDS. AUSTIN WAS A CUSTODIAN AT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN NEW IBERIA. FIFTY-YEAR-OLD CAROLYN WASHINGTON WAS ARRESTED ON A SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE AND FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
With midterm elections just weeks away, Louisiana’s likely front-runners in the U.S. Senate race have released new TV ads. Republican Senator John Kennedy, who is seeking a second term, has a new ad that touts his voting record. Democrat Luke Mixon released an ad in which he promises to codify the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Both are hoping to reach more voters and get people to the polls Nov. 8.
PATTERSON HIGH SCHOOL WAS PUT ON CAUTIONARY STATUS AT AROUND ELEVEN A-M YESTERDAY AFTER POLICE LEARNED OF A THREAT. A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD MALE STUDENT ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL. THE STUDENT WAS FOUND AN ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, POLICE LEARNED THE STUDENT WAS NOT ARMED.
