Former LDWF Secretary Jack Montoucet (MON-tuh-set) pleads guilty for his role in a kickback scheme and faces up to five years in prison. Prosecutors say Montoucet used his position to ensure that Leonard Franques’ business received a contract to provide online hunting and boating courses. Assistant U.S. Attorney LaDonte Murphy says they stopped the scheme in its early stages.
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A seafood advocacy group says a recent audit of 24 restaurants along the U.S. 190 corridor between Krotz Springs and Kinder found that half were selling imported shrimp. SeaD Consulting co-founder David Williams says that high number is very disappointing.
Williams says of those 12, nine falsely claimed that the shrimp came from U.S. waters.
Legislation that increases penalties against minors for calling in fake bomb threats gets pushback, with Democrats concerned that parents could end up being fined up to five-thousand dollars. Jeff Palermo reports.
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We’re getting word that yet another inmate in the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center has died. The Department of Corrections identified the inmate as 50-year-old Paul Gathreaux. At this time, we don’t know the circumstances surrounding Gathreaux’s death. His death is the latest in a string of deaths at the correctional center, many of which are still under investigation.