12-6-24
THE OPELOUSAS POLICE CHIEF WAS IN COURT THURSDAY REGARDING A CASE INVOLVING HIMSELF. GEORGE FAUST HAS THE DETAILS.
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A PEDESTRIAN WALKING IN THE TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTHEAST EVANGELINE THRUWAY IN LAFAYETTE, NEAR PONT DES MOUTON, WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE LAST NIGHT. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BY LAFAYETTE POLICE REVEALS THE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE FRONTAGE ROAD WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE. THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE.
After Louisiana lawmakers passed a series of sweeping tax reforms to flatten the individual income tax to 3%, reduce corporate taxes and increase the statewide sales tax, Gov. Jeff Landry approved the measures on Thursday. Landry, a Republican, had called the GOP-dominated legislature to its third special session of the year in November. While Landry and his allies celebrated the tax reforms as keeping money in the pockets of Louisiana residents and making the state more attractive for businesses, critics have said the cuts disproportionately benefit the wealthy and the sales tax increase will fall most heavily on the poor.
THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS IN CALCASIEU PARISH OF CHECKS BEING STOLEN FROM MAILBOXES AND CASHED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. LAKE CHARLES POLICE AND THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARE IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF AN INVESTIGATION. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE SO FAR. SHERIFF STITCH GUILLORY SAYS RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS SUCH AS USING SECURED MAILBOXES AND HAND DELIVERING SENSITIVE ITEMS SUCH AS CHECKS TO THE DROP BOX INSIDE THE POST OFFICE.
A VERMILLION PARISH JURY FOUND SCOTT KEITH BROUSSARD GUILTY OF EIGHT SEX CRIMES, INTIMIDATING A WITNESS AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON. THE JURY HEARD EVIDENCE FROM A GUEYDAN HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR WHO MADE THE INITIAL REPORT ABOUT THE MOLESTATION OF THE VICTIM AND OTHERS OVER A SEVEN-YEAR-PERIOD. BROUSSARD WAS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER BECAUSE OF A TWO THOUSAND TEN CONVICTION FOR INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY DON LANDRY SAYS THE COURAGE OF THE VICTIMS LED TO JUSTICE AND THE REMOVAL OF A DANGEROUS SEX OFFENDER FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THE LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT TRANSIT SERVICES WILL BE CLOSED ON CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS. REGULAR TRANSIT SERVICE WILL OPERATE UNTIL TWO-THIRTY P-M ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND THEN THE NIGHT OWL TRANSIT WILL OPERATE UNTIL NINE-THIRTY THAT NIGHT. GARBAGE COLLECTION ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF THE WEEKS OF CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS WILL BE MOVED BACK A DAY. RESIDENTS CAN PLACE EXTRA BAGS NEXT TO THEIR CARTS FOR PICKUP ON COLLECTION DAYS AFTER BOTH HOLIDAYS.
Republican Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming announced on Wednesday that he will be running for U.S. Senate, hoping to unseat GOP U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, who is up for reelection in two years. Fleming is eyeing a return to Capitol Hill, where he served in the U.S. House for eight years beginning in 2009. Cassidy was one of seven Republicans in Senate who joined Democrats in voting to convict Trump in the then-president’s impeachment trial after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol. The move infuriated members of Cassidy’s party.
THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFFF’S OFFICE HAS A NEW PREMISE PROTECTION PROGRAM FOR BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE PARISH. COMPANIES THAT WANT TO SIGN UP DO SO THROUGH A Q-R CODE AND APP ON THE PHONE. A CODE IS PUT ON THE BUSINESS WINDOW FOR SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES TO COME BY AND SEARCH THE PROPERTY, THEN THEY REPORT THROUGH THE Q-R CODE ANYTHING THEY SAW OR DIDN’T SEE. SHERIFF BECKET BREAUX SAYS THIS ALLOWS FOR MORE HANDS-ON PROTECTION FROM DEPUTIES. INTERESTED BUSINESS OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
