Senator John Kennedy is pushing back against a Congressional effort to pass a national criminal justice reform bill.
Authorities are looking for two men facing hate crime charges for terrorizing a black woman at the West Monroe Walmart. Investigators have identified the two as 22 year old Dylan Reynolds and 24 year old Michael Walters. The woman was leaving the store as the men began yelling at her and calling her racial slurs. One of the men is accused of chasing after her car on foot as she fled the scene.
Over the past 20 months, the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office Metro Narcotics Division has arrested 11 for allegedly involvement in heroine distribution. Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Captain Tommy Carnline says the January 2017 arrest of Tyrone Gabriel had a major domino effect in the investigation…
Over 98-thousand dollars was allegedly stolen from the Office of Motor Vehicles by three employees between March and June of 2017. That’s according to a new Legislative Auditor’s report that surveyed the OMV’s appropriation of funds. Auditor Daryl Purpera says the OMV has been receptive to changes since the release of the report. He notes it can be challenging for that department to prevent these kinds of crimes given how small most OMV outposts can be.
Cut 13 (12) “…risky”
All three were fired after the audit revealed the missing funds.