Glad handing and hugs are likely on their way out at the Capitol this session as the threat of coronavirus has lawmakers reassessing the way they interact with each other and the public. Many lawmakers were business as usual before Monday’s news of the state’s first case broke. New Orleans Representative Royce Duplessis says he shook a lot of hands earlier in the morning…
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Louisiana has tested 17* patients so far, with one of them, a Jefferson Parish resident, coming back presumptively positive.
Six people have been arrested in a human trafficking sting executed by north Louisiana law enforcement.  The arrests took place at an area hotel. Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Lt. Bill Davis says further charges are possible and the investigation will continue.
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Three of those arrested were also hit with drug charges.
A woman is dead and her boyfriend has been arrested in Iberia Parish. Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Lt. Col. Wendell Raborn says deputies were dispatched to the scene in reference to a possible homicide just before 10 PM Saturday night.

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The manner of death has not been released and the victim has only been identified as a 38-year-old white female. The suspect has been identified as 59-year-old Luis D. Valdez.

Washington Parish Sheriff’s deputies make an arrest in the shooting death of 17-year-old Ja’Quarius Taylor.  Taylor was shot in the head three times in January and was found in a wooded area near the town of Angie.  Chief Deputy Mike Haley says the suspect has been identified as the victim’s cousin, 20-year-old Jo’Andre Dawson.

Cut 11 (06) “…set at $800,000.”

Haley says they are uncertain of the exact motive that led to the killing.