9-4-23
AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH SUNDAY IN CALCASIEU PARISH. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON L-A THREE-EIGHTY-FOUR, WHEN, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE TRAVELED OFF THE ROAD, THROUGH A DITCH AND STRUCK A UTILITY POLE. THE NISSAN MAXIMA BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE POLICE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE DRIVER.
A LAFAYETTE MAN HAS BEEN REPORTED MISSING BY HIS FAMILY, WHO HAVE ALERTED AUTHORITIES. FIFTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD NELSON MOUTON HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE WEDNESDAY, WHEN HE WAS LAST SEEN IN BREAUX BRIDGE. MOUTON IS BALD, FIVE-NINE WITH LIGHT BROWN SKIN. ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE WHEREABOUTS OF MOUTON IS ASKED TO CONTACT BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE.
AN ARNAUDVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH RECENT BURGLARIES THAT TOOK PLACE IN BREAUX BRIDGE. POLICE SAY THE BURGLARIES HAPPENED AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL STORE ON SOUTH MAIN STREET AND AT BREAUX BRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL. THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS DENNIS RAY BOYD. HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SEVERAL CRIMES INCLUDING SIMPLE BURGLARY, THEFT AND SIMPLE CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR CRAWFISH FARMERS. ALAN LAWSON, A CRAWFISH AND RICE FARMER FROM CROWLEY, SAYS CRAWFISH ARE AT A HIGH RISK OF DYING AS RICE CROPS DRY OUT. HE SAYS FARMERS ARE DOING WHAT THEY THINK IS BEST TO KEEP CRAWFISH ALIVE, BUT IF THE SUPPLY IS SHORT, IT WILL LEAD TO HIGHER PRICES FOR FARMERS AND CONSUMERS. LAWSON TELLS KLFY TV THAT, THE LAST TIME DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE LIKE THIS, IT WAS PRETTY BAD FOR THE CRAWFISH SEASON.
AUTHORITIES HAVE DETERMINED THE TIGER ISLAND FIRE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH WAS THE RESULT OF ARSON. FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BATTLED THE WILDFIRE SINCE IT BEGAN ON AUGUST TWENTY-SECOND. IT HAS CONSUMED MORE THAN THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND ACRES AND DAMAGED MORE THAN TWENTY HOMES AND STRUCTURES IN MERRYVILLE. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY’S ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WORKED WITH THE BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE AND THEY ARE NOW LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT.
THE LAFAYETTE TRANSIT SYSTEM IS NOT RUNNING TODAY BECAUSE OF LABOR DAY. THE DAYTIME, NIGHT OWL AND PARATRANSIT SERVICES WILL RESUME TOMORROW. HOWEVER, TRASH AND RECYCLING COLLECTION TODAY IN LAFAYETTE PARISH IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY. THE DEAN DOMINGUES COMPOST FACILITY WILL BE CLOSED TODAY.
A SIXTH-GRADER IN PORT BARRE IS FACING A FELONY CHARGE FOR BRINGING A TOY GUN TO SCHOOL. THE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BOY BROUGHT THE GUN TO SCHOOL AFTER ALLEGEDLY BRAGGING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT HAVING A GUN AND THREATENING TWO OTHER MALE STUDENTS. HE COULD SPEND UP TO TWO YEARS IN JUVENILE DETENTION IF HE’S CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTING TO TERRORIZE OR MENACE. PORT BARRE POLICE CHIEF DEON BOUDREAUX TELLS KLFY TV HE BELIEVES THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD GET TOGETHER TO FUND AN OFFICER AT SCHOOLS IN LOW-INCOME TOWNS.
RAYNE POLICE SAY A SUSPECT IN THE ARMED ROBBERY OF A SUBWAY RESTAURANT IN RAYNE WAS ARRESTED IN WISCONSIN AND IS AWAITING EXTRADITION. ON MAY THIRTEEENTH, A BLACK MAN ARMED WITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUN ROBBED THE RESTAURANT, TAKING APPROXIMATELY SIX-HUNDRED-FIFTY DOLLARS CASH. THE SUSPECT, THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD KEWAN MARTELL YOUNG OF CHICAGO, LEFT IN AN S-U-V WITH A FEMALE ACCOMPLICE. HE WAS ARRESTED IN FOND-DU-LAC, WISCONSIN JUST AFTER ONE THURSDAY MORNING AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP.
