The Office of Inspector General has issued a report on their investigation of the death of two-year-old Mitchell Robinson, who died of a fentanyl overdose in 2022 in Baton Rouge. Inspector Stephen Street says nine-days before the child’s death a third call was made to DCFS from a physician asking if any action had been taken and confirmation that fentanyl was found in the child’s system on June 4th.
Street says it’s an unfortunate truth that these types of tragedies with children are way more common than we want them to be.
DCFS says they are hiring more caseworkers acknowledging they are short staffed.
The child’s mother Whitney Ard faces murder charges and the father Mitchell Robinson, Junior pleaded guilty to multiple drug charges.
A bill to eliminate vehicle inspection stickers in Louisiana will be heard in House Transportation Tuesday. Stonewall Representative Larry Bagley’s bill would remove the requirement to have an up-to-date-inspection sticker.
As for opposition, he says he’s gotten pushback from the owners of vehicle inspection sites and from state police.
Bagley says he also hasn’t received any opposition from Governor Jeff Landry’s administration over House Bill 344.
For vehicle owners in five parishes (Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, and West Baton Rouge) that are required by the federal Clean Air Act to have emission inspections every two year they would be charged eight dollars for those inspections.