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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST OPELOUSAS POLICE CHIEF GRAIG LEBLANC HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD. LEBLANC FACES CHARGES OF OBSTRUCTION AND MALFEASANCE STEMMING FROM AN INCIDENT IN DECEMBER OF TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE WERE SHOT BY OFFICER SAVANNAH BUTLER. LEBLANC LATER ADMITTED THAT THE SHOOTING STEMMED FROM AN AFFAIR WITH BUTLER. THE CASE AGAINST LEBLANC WILL RESUME AFTER HE FINISHES SEEKING REELECTION THIS FALL.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD REPORTED A THREAT AGAINST YOUNGSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE THREAT WAS MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AGAINST SPECIFIC STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS. YOUNGSVILLE POLICE DETERMINED THE THREAT WAS NOT CREDIBLE BUT PROVIDED ADDITIONAL OFFICERS ON CAMPUS. THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ON THE INVESTIGATION WHICH CONTINUES.
ONE OF TWO CANDIDATES FOR POLICE CHIEF OF THE TOWN OF ELIZABETH HAS BEEN ARRESTED. ALLEN PARISH SHERIFF DOUG HEBERT SAYS THEY RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ALLEGED RAPES OF TWO TEENS BY FORTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER PAUL. THEY REPORTEDLY HAPPENED IN TWO THOUSAND FIVE AND TWO THOUSAND SIX. PAUL TURNED HIMSELF IN YESTERDAY AND WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE RAPE.
THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE PLANS TO HOLD A VOTE THURSDAY ON WHETHER TO EXPEL L-S-U. LAST WEEK THEY FILED A LAWSUIT IN FEDERAL COURT OVER L-S-U’S PLAN TO ADD TWO PLAYERS TO THE ROSTER WHO HAVE PLAYED IN THE N-F-L. THE S-E-C AMENDED THEIR LAWSUIT YESTERDAY TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THURSDAY’S MEETING OF C-E-O’S TO DECIDE WHETHER TO TERMINATE L-S-U AS A CONFERENCE MEMBER. L-S-U HAS YET TO ANSWER THE SUIT.
AN ABBEVILLE MAN IS FACING THREE CITATIONS FOR ALLEGEDLY OPERATING ILLEGAL CHARTER FISHING TRIPS IN JEFFERSON PARISH. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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CARENCRO POLICE ARE INVITING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND FIRST RESPONDERS TO A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER SIXTH. THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS FREE AND WILL INCLUDE GAMES, FUN JUMPS, FOOD, DOOR PRIZES AND MORE. IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET TO KNOW CARENCRO POLICE AND FIRE FIGHTERS. IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT FIFTY-TWENTY-FIVE NORTH UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
CROWLEY POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF A MAN KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND. OFFICIALS SAID MULTIPLE PEOPLE FIRED ON A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD PATRICK TRAMAINE ROBINSON OF CROWLEY AS HE WAS DRIVING FROM THE WESTWOOD SUBDIVISION ONTO MARCEL THOMAS AVENUE. ROBINSON FLED FROM THE SCENE AND CRASHED HIS VEHICLE SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. ANYONE WHO WITNESSED THE SHOOTING OR HOLDS INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE TIPS.
IBERIA PARISH MOSQUITO CONTROL WILL BE CONDUCTING AERIAL OPERATIONS TODAY TO REDUCE MOSQUITO POPULATIONS. THEY WILL HAPPEN NEAR SUNSET AND LAST FOR AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF. THE OPERATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE AT SQUIRREL RUN, THE CANE ROW GOLF AND TURF CLUB, SUGARENA, JANE STREET, DASPIT CITY PARK, SUGAR MILL ROAD, NORTH LEWIS STREET AND ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN. THOSE EXTRA SENSITIVE TO CHEMICALS ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS DURING THAT TIME.
