A Monroe couple is charged with second degree cruelty to a juvenile after taking their 7-week-old son to the hospital. The Monroe Police Department believe the infant suffered repeated abuse. Assistant Police Chief Don Bartley says officers responded to a call from a local hospital in reference to an injured child…
cut 13 (06) “on the brain”
Medical tests showed various stages of healing in the infant’s brain, which indicated repeated abuse. 29-year-old James Hall, a teacher at Carroll High School, and his wife, 27-year-old Emily Rae Hall were booked into the Ouachita Correctional Facility each on $50,000 bond. The child’s condition has reportedly deteriorated and he has been placed on a ventilator.
In Shreveport, a large limb that fell during a strong storm yesterday has claimed the life of a 64-year-old woman. Neighbors report that Connie Wilson Johnson was walking when winds picked up and caused the limb to collapse on her. Wilson was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
State Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says 60-percent of the Louisiana residents who purchased insurance through the marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act face a double-digit rate hike next year. Donelon says that’s based on paperwork filed by the federal government with the state’s insurance department…
cut 3 (11) “for the subsidy”
Donelon says 101-thousand Louisiana residents have health care through the individual marketplace and they anticipate the average rate increase to be about 12 to 13 percent.
State Police say a Houma woman extorted an undisclosed amount of money from illegal immigrants while working as a Spanish interpreter for the Terrebonne Parish Government. Trooper Evan Harrell says 45-year-old Trina Bourg used her position to extort money claiming to be able to get their court cases dropped. He says Bourg was booked into the St. Charles Parish Jail on federal wire fraud charges. Harrell says upon her release there, Bourg will be transported back to Terrebonne Parish…
cut 12 (10) “several other charges”
Harrell says this arrest comes from a joint investigation between Louisiana State Police and the US Department of Homeland Security.