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LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL REGGIE THOMAS IS CALLING FOR CITY JUDGE MICHELLE ODINET TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AFTER FOOTAGE WAS RELEASED ONLINE OF PEOPLE ALLEGEDLY USING RACIAL SLURS AT HER HOME AFTER A FAILED BREAK-IN ATTEMPT. LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT JOSH GUILLORY SAYS HE’S DISGUSTED AND APPALLED BY THE RECENT REPORTS AND HOPES THE JUDGE WILL DO WHAT’S BEST TO HELP THE COMMUNITY HEAL. STATE SENATOR GERALD BOUDREAUX, FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE RICKY HARDY AND LOUISIANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR KATIE BERNHARDT HAVE ALL CALLED ON ODINET TO RESIGN. ODINET HAS SAID SHE HAD TAKEN A SEDATIVE AT THE TIME OF THE VIDEO AND HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF THE VIDEO AND THE DISTURBING LANGUAGE.
A MURDER SUSPECT HAS PLED GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE BATTERY AND OTHER CHARGES AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF VIOLENTLY ATTACKING HIS CHILD’S BUS DRIVER IN FEBRUARY. SYLVIA MASTERS REPORTS.
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A CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HAS BEEN FIRED AFTER SHE WAS ARRESTED. LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARRESTED BRITTNEY WILLIAMS LATE YESTERDAY MORNING ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED BATTERY AND DOMESTIC ABUSE CHILD ENDANGERMENT. WILLIAMS, WHO WORKED IN INVESTIGATIONS, HAD BEEN WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR FOURTEEN YEARS. THE DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT THAT LED TO HER ARREST HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has notified House lawmakers that he’s adding the COVID-19 vaccine to Louisiana’s immunization schedule for schools and colleges despite their attempt to block the new regulation from taking effect. The Democratic governor sent a letter to the House Health and Welfare Committee. In the letter, Edwards as expected notified them that he will override their 13-2 bipartisan vote against the plan and enact it against their wishes. The governor’s decision is expected to prompt a lawsuit.
TOMORROW NIGHT BEGINS THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL AT MONCUS PARK IN LAFAYETTE. OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGING ATTENDEES TO PARK AT CAJUN FIELD, WHERE A SHUTTLE WILL PICK THEM UP AND DROP THEM OFF AT THE PARK. OPERATIONS DIRECTOR J-P MCFAYDEN SAYS THEY ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS ON THE SHUTTLE AND THEY CAN TAKE THEM OFF AT THE PARK. HE SAYS EVERY NIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL, THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT BANDS, CHOIRS, KID’S ACTIVITIES, VENDORS AND FOOD CHOICES.
ACADIA PARISH CRIME STOPPERS IS TURNING TO THE PUBLIC IN HOPES OF GETTING TIPS THAT WILL LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE SUSPECT WHO STOLE A FORD F-TWO-FIFTY FRIDAY NIGHT ON WEST PLAQUEMINE STREET IN CHURCH POINT. THE SUSPECT GAINED ACCESS TO THE VEHICLE THROUGH A BROKEN REAR PASSENGER WINDOW, AND THE TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT AND RUN IN LAFAYETTE THAT NIGHT. THE WHITE TRUCK, WITH LICENSE PLATE Z-TWENTY-SIX SEVENTY-FOUR SIXTY-EIGHT, HAD A TAILGATE THAT WAS BLACK FROM EXHAUST SMOKE. TIPS CAN BE CALLED IN AT SEVEN-EIGHT-NINE-TIPS, AND UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO AN ARREST.
The Western District of Louisiana has a new top federal prosecutor after taking the oath of office. Brandon Bonaparte Brown was officially sworn in last week at the federal courthouse in Lafayette as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, which has offices in Shreveport, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Alexandria, and Monroe. Brown replaces David Joseph, who resigned in 2020 after being appointed to a judicial post in the Western District.
