9-8-25
POLICE RESPONDED TO A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN LAFAYETTE PARISH JUST AFTER SIX SATURDAY NIGHT. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A MAN WANTED ON MULTIPLE FELONY NARCOTICS WARRANTS IN VERMILLION PARISH WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK IN LAFAYETTE. A TIP TO CRIME STOPPERS OF VERMILLION PARISH LED TO THE APPREHENSION OF FORTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD JANUS REAUX. HE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY SOUGHT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. REAUX WAS LOCATED AND CAPTURED IN THE LAFAYETTE CITY LIMITS BY LAFAYETTE POLICE AND THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL SERVICE AND WAS SAFELY TRANSFERRED TO THE VERMILLION PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER.
CALCASIEU PARISH DEPUTIES ARRESTED A WOMAN FOR VEHICULAR HOMOCIDE AND FIRST OFFENSE D-W-I. TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD SHELBY WOOD STRUCK THE DRIVER OF A FORD PICKUP WHO HAD JUST BEEN IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION ON NORTH PERKINS FERRY ROAD IN MOSS BLUFF SATURDAY NIGHT. THE DRIVER OF THE FORD, NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD GIDEON CAPITANO, DIED THE NEXT MORNING FROM HIS INJURIES. WOOD WAS ARRESTED BY THE DEPUTIES AFTER SHE FAILED A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST AND A BLOOD SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM HER FOR ANALYSIS.
SOME LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO SUPPORT IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE STATE. APPROXIMATELY NINETY-FIVE SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN WILL HELP ICE AUTHORITIES. THEY WILL PERFORM ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL AND LOGISTICAL TASKS. THEY REMAIN UNDER THE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY.
A FOURTH ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING AUGUST TWENTY-FOURTH AT DEBAILLON PARK IN LAFAYETTE. A SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD RICKEY CHANEY OF LAFAYETTE WAS APPREHENDED IN LAKE CHARLES AND IS AWAITING EXTRADITION TO LAFAYETTE. HE FACES A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
A CARENCRO MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK FOR THE BEATING DEATH OF A BREAUX BRIDGE WOMAN. ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FORTY-YEAR-OLD AMY LOUVIERE WAS DROPPED OFF AT A LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM WITH INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. SHE DIED THE NEXT DAY. THE SAINT MARTIN PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND BREAUX BRIDGE POLICE ARRESTED THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD ROBERT LEE WILTZ, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
HUMAN REMAINS FOUND EARLIER THIS SUMMER IN THE WOODS IN VINTON HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE L-S-U FACES LAB NOTIFIED THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE THAT THE REMAINS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TAMEIKA WATLEY OF LAKE CHARLES, WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HER FAMILY IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR. DETECTIVES HAVE NOT FOUND EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY. SOMEONE FOUND THE REMAINS ON JUNE SIXTEENTH NEAR GUM GULLY OFF OF HIGHWAY NINETY.
THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IS WORKING TO REDUCE ITS BUDGET DEFICIT, WHICH HAS DECREASED FROM SEVEN MILLION TO JUST UNDER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. SUPERINTENDENT MILTON BATISTE SAYS THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING COST CUTTING MEASURES INCLUDING REDUCING OPERATING EXPENSES AND CONSOLIDATING TEACHING POSITIONS. HE SAYS, WHILE THEY ARE BEING CONSERVATIVE WITH SPENDING, THEY ARE FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY. BATISTE SAYS HE HOPES THESE MEASURES WILL LEAD TO FINANCIAL STABILITY AND SUCCESS FOR THE DISTRICT.
