LRN Newscast 15:30 12-15-14

The charges are sexual battery and malfeasance in office following a traffic stop by a Louisiana Department of Public Safety officer in Zachary. State Police Lt. JB Slayton says the female victim told police they new each other, and he allegedly escalated physical advances…
CUT 11 (08) Q: ‘dealt with swiftly’
LDPS officer Michael Selders is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

The St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s office is investigating the case of two women who were shot in a domestic disturbance leaving one dead and one injured. Major Ginny Higgins says they found two female victims with gunshot wounds…:
cut 14 (09) “passed away”
Twenty-five year-old Donovan Kennedy of New Iberia was arrested shortly after the incident.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has reopened two commerical fishing area near Grand Isle, previously closed because to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Dean Blanchard, owner of Dean Blanchard’s Seafood in Grand Isle, says they’re off to flying start near Elmer and Grand Terre (pron. “tear” as in rip)…
CUT 7 (09) Q: ‘back to normal’

State Police say a suspected drunk driver heading the wrong way on a four-lane highway in Beauregard Parish struck another vehicle head-on, resulting in three fatalities. Authorities says they believe 28-year-old Kristi Poteet was traveling south in the northbound lanes of US 171 just north of Longville…
CUT 3 (11) “heading north”
That’s State Police Sergeant James Anderson.