9-6-17
THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF MARK GARBER AND HER BABY SITTER WERE FOUND YESTERDAY AFTER BEING MISSING FOR 16 HOURS. THE PAIR GOT LOST WHILE CANOEING AND WERE FOUND YESTERDAY MORNING NEAR AN OLD OIL WELL NEAR LAKE MARTIN, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES FROM WHERE THEY STARTED. THEY WERE IN GOOD HEALTH, ACCORDING TO COLONEL CARLOS STOUT WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, AND RELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN RESCUED. ONCE THE BABY SITTER, 21-YEAR-OLD JULIANNA BROOKS, REALIZED THEY WERE LOST, SHE FOUND HIGH GROUND AND COVERED THEMSELVES IN MUD TO PROTECT AGAINST MOSQUITOES.
JURY SELECTION IS SET TO BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 18TH IN THE FIRST DEGREE MURDER TRIAL OF KEVIN DAIGLE, WHO IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING STATE TROOPER STEVEN VINCENT IN 2015. HOWEVER, DAIGLE’S LAWYER, KYLA ROMANACH, IS ASKING FOR A POSTPONEMENT BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF THE LEAD ATTORNEY, DAVID PRYCE, IN JULY. THE PROSECUTION IS ARGUING AGAINST A DELAY, SAYING THE DEFENSE SHOULD HAVE APPOINTED ANOTHER ATTORNEY. JUDGE GUY BRADBERRY IS EXPECTED TO RULE ON THE MATTER FRIDAY.
TWO RAYNE MEN WERE ARRESTED ON DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES. ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES PULLED THE MEN OVER FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION AND FOUND MORE THAN TWO POUNDS OF SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA IN THE VEHICLE AFTER A SEARCH. THE TWO MEN WHO WERE ARRESTED ARE RYAN FRANCIS AND ANDRE SINEGAL. BESIDES DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES, THEY ALSO WERE CHARGED WITH HAVING MONEY DERIVED FROM DRUG SALES.
OFFICIALS WITH THE STATE OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS HELD A HURRICANE PREP SESSION YESTERDAY. JEFF HORCHAK HAS THE DETAILS.
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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN LAKE CHARLES PACKED UP 150 FLOOD BUCKETS YESTERDAY FOR HELP IN THE RECOVERY FROM HARVEY. PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS DIRECTOR MELONIE HIMEL TELLS KPLC TV THAT THEY’VE DONE THIS BEFORE, SENDING FIVE GALLONFLOOD BUCKETS FOR HELP IN CLEANING UP AFTER LAST YEAR’S FLOODING IN ACADIANA AND BATON ROUGE. THE CHURCH USED LEFTOVER FUNDS TO PAY FOR CLEANING AND SAFETY SUPPLIES AND VOLUNTEERS SHOWED UP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO PUT THEM TOGETHER FOR DELIVERY. SOME OF THE BUCKETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE LAKE CHARLES AREA, AND THE REST WILL GO TO THE VINTON AREA.
The House is swiftly moving to pass President Donald Trump’s request for a $7.9 billion first installment of relief for victims of Harvey. GOP leaders also hope to use the urgent Harvey aid bill to solve a far more vexing issue: Increasing the U.S. debt limit to permit the government to borrow freely again to cover its bills. Wednesday morning’s vote comes as the government’s response to Harvey is draining existing disaster reserves, with Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster accounts hovering at $1 billion or less. FEMA is warning lawmakers disaster funds run out on Friday, even as a much more powerful hurricane, Irma, is bearing down.
ONE PERSON WAS SHOT LAST NIGHT IN LAFAYETTE. IT HAPPENED IN THE 200 BLOCK OF EIGHTH STREET AT AROUND 7:30. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING, THEY ARE URGED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 232-TIPS.
THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED THE NAME OF THE TEENAGER, WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SATURDAY NIGHT IN PARKS AND LATER DIED. THE DECEASED IS 16-YEAR-OLD JEVON SONNIER, WHO DIED FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE NECK. A VIGIL WILL BE HELD TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 AT 53-HUNDRED BRIDGE STREET HIGHWAY IN PARKS. 17-YEAR-OLD RYAN JEFFREY WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING AND IS FACING A CHARGE OF NEGLIGENT HOMOCIDE.
