UPDATE:
Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot says that a 14-year-old suspected in a shooting at a graduation party turned himself in at the St. Landry Parish Sheriff s Office. Fontenot says the teen will be brought back to Eunice.
ORIGINAL:
EUNICE, La. (AP) Authorities say that someone opened fire at a graduation party in Eunice, killing one man and wounding another.
Our news partners at KATC report that the shooting happened early Sunday morning. Police say the suspect is a 14-year-old they described as a runaway who has been missing since March. Police said the motive was not immediately clear.
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Deputies locate two missing teens from St. Landry Parish in California
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and last updated 2021-06-04 13:10:52-04
The St. Landry Parish Sheriff s Office says that two runaways from Opelousas have been located out of state.
The pair was located in California after being reported missing in May. They were picked up by family and are safe and are headed back to St. Landry Parish, according to deputies.
Deputies say the two were reported missing on May 27, 2021. Officials say that around 1:30 a.m. the two teens left a home on Miller Road and believed to been headed to California.
The two were believed to have left in a white 2015 Chevy Malibu. Neither of the runaways had a driver s license or personal identification.
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60-year-old Anita Belaire of Opelousas has now been arrested after a raid of her home earlier this year she was allegedly breeding animals to sell online.
St. Landry Parish Animal Control and the St. Landry Parish Sheriff s Office - working together after receiving a tip that Belaire was in violation of the parish s cruelty ordinance - say Belaire was keeping over 175 small breed dogs in kennels throughout the home, which is located between Opelousas and Grand Coteau.
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“We take cruelty to animals very seriously is St. Landry Parish,” said Jessie Bellard, Parish President in a press release. “Pets are an extension of our families and the safety and care for animals in our community has been a top priority for me since I first began working with the parish in 2004.”
Posted at 11:17 AM, Jun 03, 2021
and last updated 2021-06-03 16:46:00-04
OPELOUSAS, La. â An Opelousas woman has been booked with 174 counts of animal cruelty in connection with a puppy mill investigation earlier this year.
Anita Kathy Belaire, 60, was booked by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff s Office.
Over the past several months, authorities have removed more than 100 dogs from her home. Back in March, St. Landry Parish Animal Control said the owner of the animals surrendered the majority of the animals from the recent raid under some conditions.
âShe gave up 130+ breeding dogs, moms, and little males,â said director Terri Courvelle. âShe only surrendered those.â