A major indictment announced in Lafayette this morning against five people, including four Louisiana law enforcement officers. Alex Van Hook, the acting U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, announced the 62-count indictment.
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The law enforcement officers arrested are Oakdale Police Chief Chad Boyle, Michael Slaney of the Ward 5 Marshal’s Office in Oakdale, Forest Hill Police Chief Glynn Dixon and Former Glenmora Police Chief Tebo Onishea. The other man arrested is businessman Chandrakant Patel. Van Hook says the five conspired to produce false police reports in order to obtain these U-Visas to allow foreign nationals and their families to remain in the United States.
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If convicted, each defendant faces decades in federal prison.
Forecasters are now urging those of you near the Gulf Coast to be weather aware for the next few days. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says there’s a disturbance brewing in the gulf; however, it will not rise to the level of a major storm.
Keim says while wind will not be a factor, heavy rainfall will be. Governor Landry will be holding a news conference at GOHSEP headquarters tomorrow morning to give an update on the state’s emergency response, should it be necessary.
The Ouachita River is set for designation as a U.S. Marine Highway. Congresswoman Julia Letlow says numerous industries will benefit, but it will have a particularly positive impact on a region dominated by commodities.