A group of people in St. John Parish have constructed a “Hands up!” bonfire on the Mississippi River West Bank. Michelle Southern reports.
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Baton Rouge Police say the search for 4-year-old Jassiah Clark came to a sad end last night when the boy’s body was found in a deep hole less than 10 yards from his home. Eric Gill reports…
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A traffic stop near Hammond lead State Police to arrest a Texas man for transporting illegal narcotics. 37-year old Matthew Llanas is accused of transporting marijuana from Texas to Atlanta. Trooper Greg Marchand says while Llanas was stopped for a traffic violation, he began displaying some suspicious behavior. He says at that point, officers requested a K-9 unit to assist…
CUT 3 (10) “200-thousand dollars”
A subsequent search of Llanas’ vehicle turned up approximately 200 pounds of marijuana with a street value of about $200,000. Marchand says Llanas was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail in Amite…
Llanas is charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, as well as a traffic violation of improper lane usage. Marchand says State Police will continue to use proactive enforcement to target drug trafficking organizations…
CUT 5 (06) “constant commitment”
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A group of people in St. John Parish have constructed a “Hands up!” bonfire on the Mississippi River West Bank. The structure, which is a reaction to a grand jury’s decision not to indict the cop in Ferguson who shot and killed Michael Brown, is built across from Harold LaGrange’s home in Lucy. He says they construct a creative bonfire every Christmas Eve..:
CUT 6 (08) “really trending right now”
LaGrange says they’ve been getting a lot of support from the community. He says he’s appalled by Brown’s killing but the bonfire is in no way meant to be negative…:
CUT 7 (09) “educating them at home”
Lagrange says they will light the bonfire at about 7pm tomorrow night. He says they want to get people talking about what happened and teach their children that police are there to protect you…:
CUT 8 (09) “not about being negative”
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Baton Rouge Police say the search for 4-year-old Jassiah Clark came to a sad end last night when the boy’s body was found in a deep hole less than 10 yards from his home. Sgt. Mary Ann Godawa (ga-DOW-wa) says last night officers were doing a follow up search in the neighborhood where Clark was last seen…
The boy’s body was found in a deep hole, which was filled with dirt and water, in a vacant lot behind the child’s home. Godawa says recent rains camouflaged the hole …
That hole was an old, abandoned sewer pump station site that had been backfilled earlier this year. She says more will be known after an autopsy is completed. Around one hundred officers from different agencies, including the FBI, were involved with the search and Godawa says this case really affected them…
cut 11 (08) “real tragic ending”
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Time is running out to get your Christmas shopping done. For many last minute shoppers, gift cards are the way to go. But Chair of the Louisiana Tech Marketing Department, Barry Babin, says when it comes to gift cards, people either love them or hate them. He says some people feel obligated to use a gift card and it’s kind of a pain to receive…
cut 12 (09) “they really need”
But Babin says to not underestimate the will of last minute Christmas shopper. He says many of those with the job of getting those final Christmas gifts will go through the effort of working their way through the crowds and getting meaningful presents…
cut 13 (09) “on Christmas Day”
And if you have to fight the crowds in the final hours of Christmas shopping, Babin says you can still get some great deals. He says, by this time in the shopping season, many retailers have already started their post-Christmas sales…