6th Congressional District candidate Garret Graves is disputing accusations from his opponent, Former Governor Edwin Edwards, that his family gets special privileges because of Governor Bobby Jindal. Michelle Southern reports.
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A Grand Isle businessman was sentenced to 25 weekends in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of federal civil rights violations. Michelle Southern reports…
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6th Congressional District candidate Garret Graves is disputing accusations from his opponent, Former Governor Edwin Edwards, that his family gets special privileges because of Governor Bobby Jindal. The Edwards campaign has continued to tie Graves to Jindal and criticized his time as head of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority…:
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Edwards has alleged that Graves was somehow involved in getting his father’s engineering firm Government contracts and making his brother-in-law the leasing agent at the Water Institute in Baton Rouge. Graves says these accusations are completely absurd…:
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Graves made the comments on The Jim Engster Show then Edwards called in to reply. The Former Governor accuses Graves of refusing to admit he has a relationship with The Governor…:
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Graves says he has no problem touting his 6 years when he worked for the state and says great strides were made for Louisiana’s coast during that tenure. Edwards says the Water Campus office complex will house the agency Graves once headed and there is a million square feet of space to be leased and the agent is Graves’ brother in law…:
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The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a New Iberia man after a hostage situation. Lt. Richard Fleming says they received information that a woman was being held hostage at an apartment complex in New Iberia Thursday afternoon. He says as officers were setting up a perimeter around the apartment, the suspect, 31-year-old Thomas Chevalier attempted to leave with the victim…
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Fleming says the situation began the night before when Chevalier broke into the victim’s apartment prior to her arrival. He says when the victim returned home, Chevalier then battered and sexually assaulted her…
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The victim received treatment for non-life threatening injuries at a local hospital and has since been released. Fleming says Chevalier and the victim did have a relationship in the past, but the extent of that relationship is unknown at this time. He says Chevalier is facing multiple charges… (Chevalier is facing second degree battery, false imprisonment, violation of protective order, aggravated burglary, and aggravated rape charges.)
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State Police are investigating a fatal crash in Livingston Parish that has left two men dead. Trooper Jared Sandifer says 50-year-old Lloyd Hutson of Jackson was driving on LA 447 near Walker when he entered a right-hand curve…
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He says Hutson crossed the center line into the path of a car driven by 76-year-old Raymond Bender of Denham Springs. The two vehicles collided head-on and both drivers were killed as a result. Sandifer says investigating troopers believe impairment may have been a factor in this wreck…
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He says impairment is suspected on the part of Hutson. Sandifer says neither Hutson nor Bender were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash. He says this is another reminder of the importance of being properly restrained while inside a motor vehicle…
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A Grand Isle businessman was sentenced to 25 weekends in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of federal civil rights violations which occurred after Hurricane Isaac. Josh Jambon admitted to using racial slurs and striking two black female crew members who were cleaning up on Grand Isle. Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino says this is an unusual sentence…
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Jambon faced a maximum sentence of two years in prison and $200,000 in fines. US District Judge Susie Morgan also fined Jambon $10,000. Jambon pleaded guilty in July and was sentenced Thursday. Ciolino says the judge was no doubt impressed with the one-hundred or so character letters on Jambon’s behalf requesting leniency…
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Ciolino says typically civil rights cases are brought against police or government officials and it’s rare to see a claim brought against a private individual. He says while it is unusual, given the egregious racially charged conduct and offensive battery, this case certainly fit the bill…
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