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Sheriff Mike Waguespack reports that "evidence" may have been tampered with. Some drug court cases in Pierre Part, and the remainder of Assumption Parish, could easily be affected by the recent admission from Sheriff Mike Waguespack that “evidence” for court cases may have been tampered with by an employee of the Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office. ..... More
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Do you Feel Safe, Retired DA Falterman asks

From his luxurious camp on Grand Isle or from his CPA offices in Napoleonville or Thibodaux or from his Mortgage Company offices in Paincourtville or Thibodaux, or even in New York City when he’s puttingtogether a business deal, Mike Waguespack can see what is going on in the sheriff’s office in Napoleonville. He has a high tech security system  (very expensive) where he can monitor in and around the office from  literally anywhere, this I was told. Too bad it wasn’t installed in the Labadieville office where all of the evidence is stored! More.....

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Assumption Area Chamber seeking financial Aid from Assumption's Police Jury to keep doors open

John Beck, left; and Howell Chaisson, right; address the jury on Wednesday asking for financial assistance for the Chamber of Commerce.

The Assumption Area Chamber of Commmerce is seeking financial assistance from the police jury to stay afloat. John Beck said in a phone interview that if the Chamber doesn't get support that it won't last the year. for more on this story click here

"The Judicial System in Assumption Parish, at least criminal wise, has been temporarily suspended"

Ricky Babin, Twenty-third Judicial District Attorney See Feature Stories
Murder /Suicide down the canal

Gary LeBlanc --Assailant ; Jennifer LeBlanc -Murder Victim

Received the text message this morning, while I was in church, of a murder/suicide down the canal.  A text message to Sheriff Mike Waguespack got me a press release in my email, waiting for me when I got home.

The shots that rang out in the Lake View Inn at Attakapas Landing in the first minutes of this Sunday morning on May 23, 2010 brought to an abrupt end the ongoing battle that had become a very bitter divorce and a husband that absolutely could not deal with it.

The Restraining Order, allegedly filed in the Clerk’s Office in Napoleonville did not stop the bullets from entering the body of 44-year old Jennifer LeBlanc.  
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read follow up story on Murder/suicide in Napoleonville: The Death of Jennifer LeBlanc -- marriage and life end in gunfire

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School Board member asks that board break law and go back to Affirmative Action

Offical Journal choice causes quite a stir, board approves higher rate

Video for New CD Release filmed in Belle River

Morgan Blanchard, aka Swamp Pop Man, was in Belle River on Tuesday evening filming the video for his new CD release titled "The Crawfish Boil". Pictured on scene Engineering the sound and filming on Tuesday is Nelson Blanchard, head technician of Techno Sound in Baton Rouge, one of Louisiana's leading recording spots.

The new CD Release of "The Crawfish Boil" is scheduled to be available on the open market before the Fourth of July which is the peak of Louisiana's crawfish boiling season. For more on Morgan Blanchard, Nelson Blanchard and "The Crawfish Boil", click here

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Happy Fourth of July -- but be careful

Sheriffs in three parishes urge caution over the extended holiday

All fireworks vendors must be permitted with the parish.  It is illegal for anyone under the age of 10 or anyone who is intoxicated or impaired to purchase fireworks. It is also illegal to explode or ignite fireworks within one thousand feet (1,000') of any church, hospital, asylum, public school or within seventy-five feet (75') of where fireworks are stored, sold or offered for sale.   Anyone who ignites or discharges fireworks from within or throws fireworks from a motor vehicle or throws any ignited article of fireworks into a motor vehicle could be charged.

Parents often believe that a firework that packs a powerful explosive punch is the most dangerous.  But according to the National Council on Fireworks Safety, sparklers account for 16% of the injuries among children and fireworks.  Because sparklers are considered a “safer” firework, younger children tend to be injured.  Sheriff Webre urges parents to follow the following guidelines for a safe Fourth of July:

·       Never let a child under 12 play with sparklers without adult supervision·       Never let a child hold more than one lit sparkler at a time·       Always have a bucket of water nearby for all fireworks use·       Sparkler wires remain hot long after they go out. Be sure to discard all used sparklers in a bucket of water·       Never let a child run with a lit sparkler·       Be sure to show a child how to properly hold the sparkler at arms length ·       Always hand the unlit sparkler to a child first, then light it·       Light all fireworks outside

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