9-25-17
A Lafayette man is in custody after a domestic dispute turned deadly. Twenty-five-year-old Damarkus Adams is accused of fatally shooting his father, 48-year-old John Adams, during an altercation. KATC-TV reports Lafayette police responded to a residence. in reference to a shooting at 10:15 p.m. Friday. Upon arrival, officers discovered the elder Adams dead inside the home from an apparent gunshot wound.
TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT LAST NIGHT ON NORTH SHATTUCK STREET IN LAKE CHARLES. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT. IT IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME THE CONDITION OF THE VICTIMS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE LAKE CHARLES POLICE DEPARTMENT. IN A SEPARATE STORY, LAKE CHARLES POLICE RESPONDED TO A HOMOCIDE AT THE RICHMOND SUITES ON MOELING STREET EARLY THIS MORNING, THOUGH THERE ARE NO DETAILS AT THIS TIME.
A Louisiana police officer is accused of having relations with a 16-year-old. Louisiana State Police arrested 29-year-old Craig David (DAH-veed) of the Breaux Bridge Police Department on charges of carnal knowledge of a juvenile , computer-aided solicitation of a minor and malfeasance in office. Louisiana law defines carnal knowledge as consensual sex with a teen under age 17 and at least four years younger than the accused. David is at the St. Martin Parish Detention Center, with bond set at $40,000.
THERE WAS A FIRE LAST NIGHT AT FAT ALBERT’S FRIED CHICKEN RESTAURANT IN NORTH LAFAYETTE. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER ALTON TRAHAN SAYS THE FIRE OCCURRED IN THE KITCHEN AREA. HE SAYS HEAT IGNITED A WOODEN PIECE THAT WAS PLACED ON THE GRILL. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
A LONGVILLE MAN WAS KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN BEAUREGARD PARISH. 60-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL GILL WAS RIDING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 171 AFTER NINE SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN HIS MOTORCYCLE HAD A MECHANICAL PROBLEM AND LOST OF ITS LIGHTS. 18-YEAR-OLD CHARLES MCLAUGHLIN OF LONGVILLE WAS DRIVING A PICKUP TRUCK AND STRUCK THE MOTORCYCLE FROM BEHIND, KILLING GILL. STATE POLICE SPOKESMAN SGT. JAMES ANDERSON SAYS THIS IS THE SECOND FATAL CRASH NEAR RAGLEY THIS MONTH THAT INVOLVED A MOTORCYCLE.
THE RAYNE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT TO BE BIGGER THANKS TO A DONATION FROM A DOCTOR IN ABBEVILLE. THE DOCTOR IS GIVING THE DEPARTMENT A DOUBLE WIDE BUILDING WHICH WILL BE PLACED ACROSS FROM THE CURRENT STATION. FIRST DIRT WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THE BUILDING CAN BE MOVED, AND POLICE CHIEF CARROLL STELLY SAYS THE WORK IS BEING DONE BY INMATES. MAYOR CHUCK ROBICHEAUX TELLS KATC TV THAT THE EXPANSION IS ESSENTIALLY COSTING THE CITY NOTHING.
A MAN WHO ROBBED A WALGREEN’S IN LAFAYETTE IS IN CUSTODY. LAFAYETTE POLICE SAY AN ARMED MAN WALKED INTO THE WALGREEN’S ON JOHNSTON ACROSS FROM THE SOUTH REGIONAL LIBRARY AND DEMANDED MONEY FROM EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS. HE FLED FROM THE STORE WITH AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF MONEY. HE WAS PURSUED AND APPREHENDED BY POLICE OFFICERS AND LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES.
THE ST. LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IS CONSIDERING PUTTING A PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX BEFORE VOTERS. THE TAX WOULD FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND PAY RAISES FOR SCHOOL FACULTY AND STAFF. THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL DECIDE THE MATTER IN NOVEMBER. KATC TV IS REPORTING THAT IF A PROPOSED TAX IS TURNED DOWN BY VOTERS, THE BOARD MAY HAVE TO CUT THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN ORDER TO PAY FOR SCHOOL REPAIRS.
