7-2-25
SAINT MARTINVILLE POLICE SAY A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD JUVENILE, REPORTED MISSING LAST WEEK, WAS FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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FIRE OFFICIALS HAVE DETERMINED THAT AN IMPROPERLY DISCARDED SMOLDERING CIGARETTE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A FIRE AT KING BUFFET ON BERTRAND DRIVE IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY. THE CIGARETTE IGNITED COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL IN A COLUMN, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FAÇADE AND SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR. OFFICIALS FOUND THAT IT IS A COMMON PRACTICE FOR SOME CUSTOMERS TO DISCARD THEIR CIGARETTES AT THE EDGE OF THE COLUMNS BEFORE ENTERING THE RESTAURANT. KING BUFFET WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED.
LAST NIGHT THE OAKDALE CITY COUNCIL MADE A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE FOR POLICE CHIEF CHAD DOYLE AND CALLED FOR HIS IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION. DOYLE WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK FOR ALLEGEDLY ACCEPTING PAYMENTS TO REPORT CRIMES THAT DID NOT HAPPEN SO IMMIGRANTS COULD OBTAIN U-VISAS, WHICH ARE RESERVED FOR CRIME VICTIMS AND WITNESSES. ALLEN PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOE GREEN TOLD THE COUNCIL THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DOYLE RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF POLICE REPORTS FROM THE OAKDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE ISSUED A MEMORANDUM SAYING HIS OFFICE WILL ONLY TAKE CASES FROM THE DEPARTMENT IN WHICH AN OFFICER RESPONDS TO AN EMERGENCY IN PROGRESS OR WHO WITNESSES THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME.
FIVE UNDOCUMENTED HISPANIC MALES WERE APPREHENDED AT A RESIDENCE ON RAIDERS ROAD NEAR OPELOUSAS. SAINT LANDRY PARISH DEPUTIES, RESPONDING TO A CALL ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND DRUGS AT THE RESIDENCE, APPREHENDED A SUSPECT AFTER CHASING HIM ON FOOT. THE DEPUTIES OBTAINED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR THE RESIDENCE AND FOUND FIVE UNDOCUMENTED HISPANIC MALES AND TWO OTHER HISPANICE MALES IN THE HOME, ACCORDING TO MAJOR MARK LEBLANC WITH THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE. HE SAYS ICE AGENTS OUT OF LAFAYETTE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO THE SCENE TO ASSIST THE DEPUTIES AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE TAKEN OVER THE INVESTIGATION.
SEVERAL PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE FOUR CORNERS INTERSECTION IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY TO PROTEST ACTIONS BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THE DEMONSTRATION, THEY SAY, WAS SPARKED BY CONCERNS OVER PROPOSED CUTS TO MEDICAID AND SNAP. MATTHEW ISAAK FROM THE GROUP GOOD TROUBLE THREE-THREE-SEVEN CLAIMS THE CUTS WERE MADE NECESSARY TO PAY FOR TAX BREAKS FOR THOSE MAKING OVER FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. THE DEMONSTRATORS PROMISED MORE OF THESE EVENTS UNTIL THEY SEE THE CHANGES THEY DEMAND.
LAKE CHARLES POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF A MAN KILLED IN A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY MORNING AT AROUND SIX A-M. POLICE FOUND THE BODY OF TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD TRAKEYVAN (TRAY kee vuhn) HANDY AT THE SEAWALL NEAR THE LAKE CHARLES EVENT CENTER. POLICE CHIEF SHAWN CALDWELL SAYS INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AS THE RESULT OF AN ARGUMENT INVOLVING A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE. HE’S ASKING ANYONE WHO WITNESSED THE SHOOTING TO COME FORWARD SO THEY CAN BRING CLOSURE TO HANDY’S FAMILY.
A NEW IBERIA WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A CRASH YESTERDAY AT AROUND ONE A-M. STATE POLICE SAY FORTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD RENOTA LOWTHER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY NINETY FRONTAGE ROAD NEAR CAPTAIN CADE ROAD WHEN, FOR REASONS BEING INVESTIGATED, SHE VEERED OFF THE ROAD. SHE THEN OVERCORRECTED AND WENT ACROSS THE ROAD HITTING AN ENBANKMENT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERTURN. LOWTHER, WHO WAS UNRESTRAINED, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
CHURCH POINT POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A MAN INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING IN WHICH HE WAS INJURED. THIRTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD ALBERT FRUGE SUFFERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES IN THE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED JUNE NINETEENTH ON HORECKY STREET. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, AUTHORITIES ISSUED WARRANTS FOR HIS ARREST. FRUGE IS WANTED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM, ILLEGAL USE AND DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM AND DISTURBING THE PEACE BY FIGHTING.
