7-15-21
LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING THAT SENT TWO PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. CAROLINE MARCELLO REPORTS.
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A Franklin man has been charged in the burning death of his 5-year-old great nephew. The state Fire Marshal’s Office says the child and a woman were set on fire as the man and the woman argued Tuesday night at a mobile home in the Centerville community. Forty-nine-year-old Derwin Hamilton was being held Wednesday in the St. Mary Parish Jail with bond set at $1 million. He faces charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.
THE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE FOUND DEAD IN A HOME ON ENGLESIDE DRIVE IN LAKE CHARLES TUESDAY AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FIFTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD BRIGITTE DEROUEN SHOWS AND THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD JASON EDWARD THOMAN. THEIR BODIES WERE DISCOVERED BY CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES, WHO WERE PERFORMING A WELFARE CHECK. CALCASIEU PARISH CORONER DOCTOR TERRY WELKE SAYS THE BODIES SHOWED NO SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY OR INJURY. HE SAYS THEY ARE AWAITING TOXICOLOGY STUDIES TO DETERMINE IF THE DEATHS WERE DRUG RELATED.
DATA FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHOWS THE MOST PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-NINETEEN INSIDE REGION FOUR SINCE FEBRUARY AS THE DELTA VARIANT CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE COUNTRY. CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.
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STATE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THEIR REPORT INTO THE DEATH OF TRAYFORD PELLERIN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY THREE LAFAYETTE POLICE OFFICERS ON AUGUST TWENTY-FIRST. THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR FOR STATE POLICE CONCLUDED THAT THEY DID NOT FIND PROBABLE CAUSE TO SUBSTANTIATE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICERS. IN MAY, A GRAND JURY DECLINED TO INDICT THE OFFICERS IN THE DEATH OF PELLERIN, WHO DIED WHILE TRYING TO ENTER A CONVENIENCE STORE ON THE EVANGELINE THRUWAY WHILE CARRYING A KNIFE. THE OFFICERS TOLD INVESTIGATORS THEY FEARED PELLERIN MIGHT HARM CIVILIANS IN THE STORE OR TAKE THEM HOSTAGE, NOT KNOWING THE CASHIER HAD LOCKED THE DOOR.
Lawyers for 17 people arrested at pipeline protests in Louisiana say a local prosecutor has rejected felony trespass charges against them. The Center for Constitutional Rights calls it a major First Amendment victory. District Attorney Bo Duhé did not immediately respond to a call Wednesday requesting comment. The 17 people were arrested under a 2018 law that added pipelines to the list of items considered “critical infrastructure” in Louisiana.
THE GUEST REGISTER FOR FORMER GOVERNOR EDWIN EDWARDS FUNERAL WILL BE IN CROWLEY BEFORE AND AFTER THE FUNERAL. RESTHAVEN GARDENS OF MEMORY AND FUNERAL HOME, WHICH IS HANDLING THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS, SAYS THE REGISTER WILL BE AT THE ACADIA PARISH COURTHOUSE IN CROWLEY TODAY, FRIDAY AND MONDAY. EDWARDS STARTED HIS POLITICAL CAREER IN CROWLEY AS A CITY COUNCILMEN BEFORE BECOMING A STATE SENATOR. THE BODY OF EDWARDS WILL LIE IN STATE AT THE STATE CAPITOL ON SATURDAY, WHICH WILL BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC VIEWING FROM TEN A-M TO SEVEN P-M.
