Minden Police are looking for two males who ran over a 9-year-old girl while fleeing an attempted carjacking at Love’s Truck Stop Monday evening. Police Chief Jared McIver says the father of the victim was inside the store with the child and ran out when he heard his teenage daughters scream as the suspects tried to steal the car, they were in. Fortunately, a physician was able to assist when the child was run over by the pick-up truck.
The child suffered multiple broken bones but is expected to recover, they are looking for two black males in a stolen pick-up with the U-haul stickers removed.
There are few details about the fatal shooting of a man in downtown Alexandria Sunday night, but Mayor Jacques Roy says they will have increased security for the AlexRiverFete.
In St. Landry Parish an arrest has been made in the fatal hit-and-run that killed cyclist 59-year-old Randy Thibodeaux of Sunset. St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested 32-year-old Samuel Clay Richard of Church Point Monday after a tip they received. He’s been charged with felony hit and run, negligent homicide and operating a vehicle while under suspension. Thibodeaux was reported missing on Friday and his body was found in a ditch Sunday afternoon.
The House Governmental Affairs Committee approves legislation that would raise the annual pay for state lawmakers to 40-thousand dollars.
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