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A CROWLEY MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE STOLE AN AMBULANCE AT A LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS AWAITING TREATMENT FOR INJURIES RECEIVED IN A CRASH EARLIER ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY. KERRY CORMIER DROVE THE AMBULANCE TO HIS PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN’S OFFICE IN CROWLEY, ALL THE WHILE BEING CHASED BY POLICE. WHEN HE REACHED THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE, HE STRUCK A CAR DRIVEN BY AN EIGHTY-EIGHT YEAR-OLD MAN, WHO WAS NOT INJURED, THEN CORMIER RAN INTO THE DOCTOR’S OFFICE, WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. CORMIER TOLD POLICE HE STOLE THE AMBULANCE BECAUSE HIS WAIT FOR TREATMENT AT THE LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL WAS TAKING TOO LONG.
ONE OF AROUND TWO HUNDRED BLIGHTED PROPERTIES IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH WAS DEMOLISHED YESTERDAY. PARISH PRESIDENT JESSIE BELLARD SAYS THEY ARE MAKING A STATEMENT THAT IF OWNERS DO NOT CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY AND NEIGHBORS START COMPLAINING, THE PARISH GOVERNMENT IS COMING IN. HE TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE COST OF DEMOLITION WILL BE PASSED ON TO THE LANDOWNER. BELLARD SAYS PROPERTY OWNERS DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS BEFORE DEMOLITION, WHICH COULD TAKE UP TO FOUR MONTHS.
A SULPHUR MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING MAIL FROM RESIDENCES IN LAKE CHARLES AND SULPHUR . A CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SPOKESPERSON SAYS TWENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD COLBY RICHARD STOLE THE MAIL SEARCHING FOR CHECKS, MONEY ORDERS, OR CREDIT AND DEBIT CARDS. INVESTIGATORS LEARNED THAT RICHARD WOULD ALTER AND FORGE THE CHECKS AND MAKE MOBILE DEPOSITS, AND HE WOULD FRAUDULENTLY OPEN ACCOUNTS IN NUMEROUS VICTIM’S NAMES AND USE THOSE ACCOUNTS TO REDEEM ALTERED CHECKS. DETECTIVES HAVE IDENTIFIED TWENTY-THREE VICTIMS SO FAR AND ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY UP TO TWENTY-FIVE ADDITIONAL VICTIMS.
Louisiana is rescheduling its fall elections because of Hurricane Ida’s far-reaching damage, estimates of weeks-long power outages and wide displacement of residents across the southeastern parishes. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin announced Wednesday that Gov. John Bel Edwards has agreed to push back the dates by five weeks. The statewide election scheduled for Oct. 9 will instead be held Nov. 13. A runoff as needed will be scheduled for Dec. 11.
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IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A JOB, AN INDUSTRIAL TRADES CAREER FAIR IS SET FOR THE END OF THE MONTH AT THE CAJUNDOME CONVENTION CENTER. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS THE DETAILS.
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ABBEVILLE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH OF MARLON BROWN IN FEBRUARY OF TWENTY-EIGHTEEN. BROWN WAS KILLED NEAR HIS HOME ON HAWTHORNE STREET. TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD JERMAINE GUIDRY OF ABBEVILLE IS WANTED ON CHARGES OF PRINCIPLE TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. ABBEVILLE POLICE HAVE OBTAINED NEW EVIDENCE IN THE CASE WHICH HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL ARRESTS.
A BRANCH WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH OF JOHNATHAN DIXON OUTSIDE OF KING GROCERY IN RAYNE LAST JULY. ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARRESTED THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL FONTENOT WHILE SHE WAS AT THE ACADIA PARISH DISTRICT COURT ON AN UNRELATED MATTER. A GRAND JURY HAD INDICTED FONTENOT ON A CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. SHE WAS BOOKED INTO THE ACADIA PARISH JAIL AND HER BOND WAS SET AT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Louisiana’s hospitals have been crammed with coronavirus patients and Hurricane Ida-related emergency visits, but they are starting to see a bit of much-needed relief from the latest surge of COVID-19. Hospitalizations from the coronavirus illness have been consistently falling over the last three weeks, after breaking records and reaching 3,022 patients with COVID-19 on Aug. 18. The state health department reported Wednesday that number had fallen to 1,895 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. That’s the first time the number had dropped below 2,000 since the end of July.
