Long-awaited travel trailers for those who’ve been displaced by Ida are beginning to roll into the state. Brooke Thorington has more from one of the biggest proponents for getting the program up and running…:
CUT 02(32) “…Thorington”
Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre says the mom of an infant girl killed last month has been arrested for her death. 21-year-old Kageionna (kay-gee-ON-uh) Butler is charged with Principal to 2nd Degree murder. Little Zabria Guidry’s dad, Jake Guidry has already been charged. Webre says Butler first said she knew nothing about the crime, but was in fact covering for her man.
Matthew Mire, the man accused of killing a state trooper, an Ascension Parish woman, and wounding three others Saturday in a multi-parish shoot spree was denied bond today. Legal Analyst Franz Borghardt says he’s not surprised. Borghardt says a defendant has a constitutional right to a bond determination…:
CUT 12(12) “…hold him without bond.”
Because the string of shootings took place in three separate parishes, Borghardt says prosecutors will most likely work together due to the seriousness of the crimes and he expects Mire will be assigned counsel that is prepared to handle a capital case. Mire is currently behind bars and on suicide watch.
The state has a project budget surplus of nearly a billion bucks for the fiscal year that ended in June. After years of deficits, why? Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne…:
CUT 09(10) “…result in surpluses.”