Governor Bobby Jindal is getting national attention after giving a speech in England where he claimed Muslim “no-go zones” exist in Europe. Eric Gill has more…
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The US Supreme Court passes on taking up a case out of Baton Rouge that involves a confession given to a priest by a teenage concerning sex abuse. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Jennings Police have arrested a 66-year-old man accused of raping three girls, all under the age of 10. Deputy Chief Danny Semmes (Sims) says their investigation began when a government agency informed them of suspicious activity regarding Clarence Bouley (Boo-lay) of Jennings being in the presence of some young children. Semmes says the girls were interviewed by the Child Advocacy Center…
He says interviews determined that Bouley engaged in inappropriate behavior with the girls, aged 6, 7, and 9. The incidents allegedly occurred in the suspect’s home where his daughter babysat the girls. Semmes says Bouley was booked into the Jefferson Davis Parish Jail on three counts of aggravated rape…
Bouley faces a possible life sentence. Semmes says this isn’t the suspect’s first run-in with authorities. He says Bouley was previously charged with indecent behavior with a juvenile… (Semmes says, during questioning, Bouley confessed to the crimes.)
CUT 5 (07) “charges were dismissed”
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Governor Bobby Jindal is getting national attention after giving a speech in England where he claimed Muslim “no-go zones” exist in Europe. British leaders insist that these areas do not exist. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says it’s bewildering that Jindal continues to insist these “no-go zones” exist…
“No-go zones” are areas that have been allegedly taken over by radical Islamists where police are less likely to go in to enforce the country’s laws. Stockley says if Jindal is trying to bolster his foreign policy leading up to a presidential run, this is not the way to do it…
Last week, Fox News reported about these areas, but have since apologized for the report. Jindal is expected to announce his candidacy for president in the next few weeks. Stockley says Jindal is trying to woo the very conservative and evangelical wing of the Republican party…
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The US Supreme Court decides not to take up a Baton Rouge case that involves whether a priest should report allegations of sex abuse against a minor. The Diocese of Baton Rouge asked the nation’s highest court to review the case, after the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that priests should be subject to mandatory reporting laws. Legal analyst Tim Meche
This case stems from a civil lawsuit filed by a Baton Rouge family against the Diocese and a priest with the church for not coming forward after a girl, who was 14 at the time, confessed that she was kissed and fondled by an adult church parishioner. Meche says its not a surprise the courts are not backing the Church on this matter…
Meche says the Catholic Church believes a confession is private and they’ll continue to protect the confidentiality of a confession, despite the Supreme Court not hearing this specific case….
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President Barack Obama tonight will give a speech to the nation and the newly Republican Congress in the State of the Union Address and it’s expected he will introduce a plan to increase taxes on wealthy Americans to deliver cuts to the middle class. We asked these Louisianians if they would support such a proposal and many are unsure…:
Mr. Obama will deliver his message beginning at 8pm. The tax proposal would, in part, raise the total top capital gains rate on families who earn more than $500,000 a year and the money would add tax credits to families whose annual income is less than $210,000 annually. These Louisianians would be supportive…:
Many Republicans have indicated they would not be in favor of taxing the rich to give the middle class a break. These Louisianians have mixed feelings…: