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Mayor Rodney Grogan speaks Tuesday at the Patterson City Council meeting.

The Daily Review/Bill Decker

Patterson considers making room for juvenile offenders

PATTERSON — City officials say a lack of juvenile detention space put a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson and a 36-round clip on the route for last week’s Krewe of Amani parade, all in the hands of a 16-year-old who had already been arrested on an attempted murder charge. Now the officials are wondering whether, if juvenile beds aren’t available in Terrebonne or Lafayette, the old city jail might be turned into a detention facility for young offenders. The discussion hap-pened at Tuesday’s regular city council meeting, which had been delayed a week by Mardi Gras. Mayor Rodney Grogan and the council also ...

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