11-21-22
LAFAYETTE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON KILLED IN A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON FOREMAN STREET JUST AFTER SIX LAST NIGHT.
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT IN LAFAYETTE LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY THE CRASH INVOLVED TWO MOTORCYCLISTS, A BICYCLIST AND AN AUTOMOBILE. THE PERSON KILLED HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD TAYLAN BROUSSARD OF LAFAYETTE. TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE INJURED. ONE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND THE OTHER IS STABLE.
A CHURCH POINT POLICE OFFICER DIED SATURDAY. THIRTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD HOLDEN LEE HARE WAS TAKEN TO LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER EARLY SATURDAY WITH A MEDICAL ISSUE AND LATER DIED. POLICE CHIEF DALE THIBODEAUX SAYS HARE BECAME A RESERVE OFFICER IN JULY OF TWENTY-EIGHTEEN AND WAS ELEVATED TO A FULL TIME OFFICER THIS PAST MAY. THIBODEAUX SAYS OFFICER HARE WILL LEAVE AN UNFILLABLE HOLE IN THE DEPARTMENT.
A STATEWIDE CLICK IT OR TICKET CAMPAIGN IS UNDERWAY. SYLVIA MASTERS HAS MORE.
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THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING A MISSING LAKE CHARLES WOMAN. HERE’S SYLVIA MASTERS AGAIN WITH THE DETAILS.
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RAYMOND “COACH” BLANCO HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN. BLANCO WAS THE HUSBAND OF FORMER LOUISIANA GOVERNOR KATHLEEN BABINEAU BLANCO, WHO DIED IN TWENTY-NINETEEN. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR MORE THAN FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AND HAD SIX CHILDREN. RAYMOND BLANCO WAS COACH AT NEW IBERIA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NINETEEN SIXTIES AND WAS LATER DEAN OF MEN, STUDENT PERSONNEL AND STUDENTS AT U-L LAFAYETTE AND RETIRED IN TWO THOUSAND NINE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS.
A VILLE PLATTE COUNCILWOMAN WAS ARRESTED ON FRAUD AND FORGERY CHARGES. CHRISTINA SAM’S ARREST WAS IN RELATION TO ELECTION FRAUD, FORGERY, AND ILLEGALLY PROCURING AND SUBMITTING VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS, ACCORDING TO THE EVANGELINE PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY. BOND WAS SET AT FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND JAIL RECORDS SHOW SHE IS NO LONGER IN CUSTODY. SAM GOT FORTY-SIX PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN THE PRIMARY AND IS FACING ADAM TOUSSAINT IN THE RUNOFF ON DECEMBER TENTH.
The head of Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice resigned Friday, amid a deepening crisis inside the state’s youth detention facilities, including escapes, riots, a controversial relocation and capacity challenges. Deputy Secretary William “Bill” Sommers has led the agency since 2020. The agency’s assistant secretary, Otha “Curtis” Nelson, Jr., will serve as the interim deputy secretary. The Advocate reported Wednesday that the agency said in a recent letter that there was no more room in the state’s juvenile lockups and asked judges to help by releasing some low-risk teen offenders back to their communities.
A BREAUX BRIDGE MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMOCIDE AFTER CAUSING AN ACCIDENT FRIDAY MORNING THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF AN ARNAUDVILLE WOMAN. STATE POLICE SAY THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD LUKE TRIPKOVICH WAS TESTED AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT ON L-A NINETY-FOUR AND IMPAIRMENT WAS DETECTED. POLICE SAY TRIPKOVICH WAS IN THE WEST BOUND LANE WHEN HE DRIFTED INTO THE EASTBOUND LANE, CLIPPING THE BACK OF A BOX TRUCK AND HITTING THE VEHICLE BEHIND THE BOX TRUCK. THE BOX TRUCK ROTATED AND STRUCK A HONDA CIVIC DRIVEN BY TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD HAILEE ROSSYOIN, WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
