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Thursday, July 16, 2020
HHH No . 45,162 Lake Charles, Louisiana 50 Cents
UNIFORMLYSPEAKING
Sportswriters discuss the best and worst
football uniforms
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COVID-19 cases
Source: http://ldh.la.gov
Deaths
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
Cases
Last update:Wednesday, July 15, at noon
Allen
Beauregard
Calcasieu
Cameron
Jeff Davis
Vernon
Statewide
514
385
3,705
117
680
319
84,131
14
9
74
0
14
10
3,351
Change in SW La. from yesterday: 357 new cases, including 270 in
Calcasieu; two additional deaths.
Change statewide from yesterday:2,089 new cases; 14 additional deaths.
By Kathleen Hilliardkhilliard@americanpress .com
The Calcasieu Parish Sher-iff ’s Office is searching for a Lake Charles man accused in a double homicide and kidnap-ping early Wednesday morn-ing in Westlake.
Detectives are attempting to locate Neil P. Broussard,
51, 931 N. Lyons St., and have a warrant for his arrest for ag-gravated kidnap-ping, aggravated battery and two counts of first-degree murder.
Anyone who sees Broussard or knows of his whereabouts
is asked to call 911 or CPSO at 491-3605. Broussard in con-sidered armed and dangerous and should not be approached if seen.
Broussard was last seen wearing a navy blue top and navy blue bottoms.
He is 6-foot-2 inches tall and 210 pounds. Search efforts are ongoing in the Ragley area by
Beauregard Parish Sheriff ’s Office, CPSO, Lake Charles K-9 units and helicopter units from the Louisiana State Police.
Calcasieu Sheriff Tony Mancuso said at about 4 a.m. Wednesday morning, deputies were dispatched to a home at 2429 Duraso Drive in Westlake in reference to a shooting.
While enroute to the home, deputies were told by a caller, Catherine R. Hildago, that Broussard had kidnapped her 14-year-old daughter and stolen her car.
Upon arrival, deputies found three victims within the home with gunshot wounds. Two victims — Kyla Hildago, 17, and Kaleb T. Charlton, 18
— were pronounced dead at the scene. Catherine Hildago, 40, was transported to a local hospital and as of Wednesday afternoon, is listed in critical condition at a local hospital.
Mancuso said BPSO depu-ties were contacted by phone at about 6:42 a.m. Wednesday
Man accused in double homicide, kidnapping in WestlakeManhunt continues
Broussard
By Marlisa Hardingmharding@americanpress .com
The Calcasieu Parish School Board will hold a special called meeting at 5 p.m. tonight, July 16, to take appropriate action regarding “participation in extra-cur-ricular activities for full-time online students.”
Earlier this week, Dis-trict 7 board member Mack Dellafosse motioned for the item to be added to Tuesday’s agenda. The motion failed as it required a unanimous vote with John Duhon of District 15 being the lone dissenter.
Dellafosse motioned to add the item to the agenda, stating he felt it was unfair to exclude virtual students from participating in small group activities and clubs like 4-H or robotics.
“The idea is to stop the spread,” he said. “If we can limit the number of people they come in contact with I think that’s best.”
With only a few days remaining until the deadline to select either the virtual or face-to-face option for the upcoming CPSB school year, he added the consideration of extra-curricular activities would greatly influence fami-lies’ decisions.
“For me, that’s a big piece in how many students we get virtually compared with face-to-face.”
Duhon, objected, citing concerns over discipline for virtual students and the potential of no sports at all to incorporate programs like band, dance and cheer.
The idea of allowing some extra-curricular activities but not others was also discussed.
CPSB calls special
meeting tonight
Extra-curricular activities for
virtual students planned topic
Rick Hickman / American PressA Cessna 550 jet lands at Sowela Technical Community College on Wednesday. The aircraft will be used within the school’s Aviation Maintenance Technology program.
Hands-on learning
By Marlisa Hardingmharding@americanpress .com
Sowela Technical Community College has welcomed the addition of a Cessna 550 jet to be used within its Aviation Mainte-nance Technology program. Wednesday’s arrival marks the first of several new ad-ditions soon to be added to the program’s fleet of used, instructional aircraft.
“We have been working to bring our program up. We’ve started with major overhaul of the facility and we’ve added equipment. Well, the last big thing was to add new and improved air craft,” said William Mayo, dean of the School of Transportation Technology.
Funds for the purchase, as well as funds for upcom-ing aircraft purchases for
the program, were provided by local donors who value hands-on, technical educa-
tion, Sowela Chancellor Neil Aspinwall said.
The Cessna 550 features modern avionics ideal for developing mechanics ready to tackle newer, digital aircraft but also pairs well with some of the older, analog aircraft housed in the hanger, instructor Brad Hensley said.
“Both types of airplanes and systems are out there in quantity.”
With 12 different types of aircraft now in its fleet, Hensley said the Aviation Maintenance Technology program prepares students for diverse settings and applications in their career ranging from large
Sowela adds Cessna to training fleet
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Rick Hickman / American PressThe Cessna 550 features modern avionics ideal for devel-oping mechanics ready to tackle newer, digital aircraft.
See FLEET, A5
By Lisa Addison laddison@americanpress .com
A Cameron Parish man’s conviction for aggravated crimes against nature, as well as his 25-year sentence, have been thrown out by the 3rd
Circuit Court of Appeal and a new trial ordered in light of the Ramos v. Louisiana case.
Elvin Bryant Jinks Jr., was found guilty at trial April 25, 2018, in Cameron Parish.
Jinks was sentenced to 25 years at hard labor without
the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sen-tence.
The victim in this case was a family member who was under the age of 13 at the time of the incidents.
Prosecutors said the of-
fenses took place between the spring and fall of 2016.
Ramos v. Louisiana was a landmark United States Su-preme Court case in which the court ruled 6-3 that the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires
that guilty verdicts for crimi-nal trials be unanimous.
The verdict in Jinks’ trial was not unanimous; it was 10-2. Therefore, he will receive a new trial.
At his original trial, a jury
Appeals court tosses Cameron man’s conviction, sentence
See COURT, A5
See MANHUNT, A6
By John Guidrozjguidroz@americanpress .com
Frankie Randazzo, a partner at the Lake Charles restaurants Rikenjaks and Panorama Music House, said he sympathizes with local bar owners being frustrated at having to temporarily close on-premise consumption. However, he takes issue with the inconsistency he said Gov. John Bel Edwards is using with closure orders.
“There’s more people inside big box retail than most res-taurants will see in an entire day,” Randazzo said.
Edwards signed an executive order that closed on-premise
Bar owners: Big box retail
serve more people than us
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