9-7-26
ASHLEE BENJAMIN, 45 OF LAFAYETTE, STABBED HER NEIGHBOR, A SEVENTY ONE YEAR MAN YESTERDAY AT THE 400 BLOCK OF ROW 3 IN LAFAYETTE. ACCORDING TO POLICE, BENJAMIN SLASHED TWO TIRES ON THE VICTIM’S VEHICLE AND THEN WALKED OVER TO THE MAN’S HOUSE TO REPORT THE DAMAGE. WHEN HE WENT OUTSIDE TO LOOK AT THE DAMAGE, BENJAMIN ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED HIM WITH A KNIFE. THE MAN HAD A LARGE CUT ON HIS BACK AND WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS RECOVERING IN STABLE CONDITION. BENJAMIN WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE AND BOOKED INTO THE LAFAYETTE PARISH JAIL ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND SIMPLE CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
AN ALEXANDRIA WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON EVANGELINE THRUWAY YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE SAID THAT JUSTYCE GRIFFITH OF ALEXANDRIA, WAS DRIVING A 2003 TAHOE NORTHBOUD ON SE EVANGELINE THRUWAY, WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS SHE DROVE OFF THE ROADWAY TO THE RIGHT AND HIT A HOME. ONE OF THREE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE, TOLENTINO RAMIREZ-CORNEJO WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH. THE OTHER TWO PASSENGERS ARE IN STABLE CONDITION AT AN AREA HOSPITAL, ONE RECOVERING FROM SEVERE INJURIES AND THE OTHER RECOVERING FROM MINOR INJURIES. GRIFFITH SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED ON CHARGES INCLUDING VEHICULAR HOMICIDE, OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED, TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE VEHICULAR NEGLIGENT INJURING, CARELESS OPERATION AND FAILURE TO SECURE A DRIVER’S LICENSE.
WITH THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY, SERVICES FOR LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT HAVE BEE ADJUSTED. GEORGE FAUST FROM TV 10 HAS THE DETAILS
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TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED SATURDAY IN NEW IBERIA AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP. WHEN POLICE STOPPED A VEHICLE, JEFFERY MARKS, 33, RAN FROM THE VEHICLE. WHEN DEPUTIES CAUGHT MARKS, THEY FOUND MARIJUANA, AN AR-15 STYLE GUN AND HE WAS WEARING BODY ARMOR. MARKS WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE IBERIA PARISH JAIL ON CHARGES INCLUDING POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON, UNLAWFUL USE/POSSESSION OF BODY ARMOR, SIMPLE POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE 1 CDS AND RESISTING AN OFFICER. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE CHRISTOPHER ARCHANGEL, 38 WAS ALSO ARRESTED AFTER REGISTERING A .130 BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION LEVEL. ARCHANGEL WAS BOOKED AND CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED AND SPEEDING. THERE WAS ALSO A SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD JUVENILE IN THE VEHICLE WHO WAS RELEASED ON A SUMMONS FOR JUVENILE POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND OBSTRUCTION.
THERE WAS A DEADLY SHOOTING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN CROWLEY. CROWLEY POLICE CHIEF TROY HEBERT CONFIRMED THAT PATROL OFFICERS RESPONDED TO AN ACCIDENT AROUND 12:30 SATURDAY MORNING AND FOUND A VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE BULLET HOLES AND AN UNRESPONSIVE DRIVER. DETECTIVES BELIEVE THE SHOOTING OCCURRED AROUND 12:20 SATURDAY MORNING AS THE VICTIM WAS DRIVING FROM WESTWWOD SUBDIVISION ONTO MARCEL THOMAS AVENUE. SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS STARTED SHOOTING AT THE VEHICLE FROM NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND BUSHES EAST OF THE ROAD, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO DRIVE AWAY BEFORE CRASHING INTO A VEHICLE SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY. THE UNIDENTIFIED VICTIM DIED AT THE SCENE. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ON THE SHOOTING PLEASE CONTACT THE CROWLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 789-8477
