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MULTIPLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FILED COMPLAINTS ABOUT AN ALL-FEMALE ICE DETENTION CENTER IN BASILE. LAYNE MILLER HAS THE DETAILS.
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FOUR STUDENTS AT NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL WERE ARRESTED AFTER A FIGHT IN A BATHROOM WEDNESDAY. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JEREMIAH CLOVIS WAS CHARGED WITH SIMPLE BATTERY, RESISTING ARREST AND BATTERY OF A POLICE OFFICER. CLOVIS WAS REPORTEDLY CUT BY SCISSORS HELD BY A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON. TWO OTHER JUVENILES WERE CHARGED WITH SIMPLE BATTERY AND RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF THEIR PARENTS.
THE ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ASKED STATE POLICE TO INVESTIGATE AFTER A SUSPECT IN THEIR CUSTODY DIED. DEPUTIES RESPONDING TO A DISTURBANCE AT A HOME ON WARD LINE ROAD IN KINDER TOOK THE SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY. STATE POLICE SERGEANT ROSS BRENNAN SAYS THE SUSPECT LATER SHOWED SIGNS OF MEDICAL DISTRESS AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY DIED. BRENNAN SAYS NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
NINE-ONE-ONE PHONE LINES WERE DOWN FOR PARTS OF LOUISIANA YESTERDAY. A-T-AND-T RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT TEAMS WERE DISPATCHED TO REPAIR MULTIPLE FIBER CUTS. THEY WERE AFFECTING NINE-ONE-ONE SERVICE FOR SOME CUSTOMERS IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. SERVICE WAS LATER RESTORED AND THE COMPANY ISSUED AN APOLOGY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
A EUNICE MAN WAS KILLED WHILE RIDING A BICYCLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT JUST BEFORE EIGHT. STATE POLICE SAY FIFTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL FONTENOT WAS TRAVELING ON THE SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY ONE NINETY WHEN HE TRIED TO MAKE A U-TURN AND WAS STRUCK BY AN ACURA T-L-X. FONTENOT, WHO WASN’T WEARING A HELMET, DIED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. THE DRIVER OF THE ACURA, WHO WAS NOT INJURED, PROVIDED A BREATH SAMPLE WHICH SHOWED NO ALCOHOL IN THE SYSTEM.
U-L INTERIM PRESIDENT JAIMIE HEBERT REVEALED THAT THE UNIVERSITY IS FACING A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT OF TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. HEBERT TOLD THE CURRENT THAT ADMINISTRATORS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE MET FOR WEEKS AND AGREED TO REDUCE SPENDING ACROSS MOST DIVISIONS BY TEN PERCENT. THEY’VE IDENTIFIED AS MUCH AS FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS IN BUDGET SAVINGS. IN A LETTER CIRCULATED ON WEDNESDAY, HEBERT SAID NO ACADEMIC PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN CUT, REFLECTING THEIR COMMITMENT TO PROTECT THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE.
JEFF DAVIS PARISH OFFICIALS HAVE APPROVED A DESIGN PLAN FOR A NEW EMERGENCY SAFE ROOM. THE BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE ENGINEERED TO WITHSTAND HURRICANES AND FIVE HUNDRED YEAR FLOODS, WILL HOUSE UP TO SEVENTY-FIVE FIRST RESPONDERS WITH ROOM FOR OPERATIONS, STORAGE AND GENERATORS. FUNDING FOR THE FACILITY COMES THROUGH FEMA’S HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. THE SAFE ROOM IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN THE PARISH’S PREPAREDNESS AND ABILITY TO RESPOND QUICKLY WHEN STORMS STRIKE.
CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT HAS ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF A MAN IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ONE YEAR AGO ON JOSEPH PETE STREET. A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS WERE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING AND WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE LATEST IS JONATHAN MOORE, WHO WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL FROM THE LAFAYETTE CORRECTIONAL CENTER, WHERE HE WAS BEING HELD ON UNRELATED CHARGES. MOORE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH EIGHT COUNTS OF ATTTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
