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(Editor’s note: The charges listed here and the narratives that go with them are provided by the police agencies that made the arrests. Guilt or innocence has not been determined in court.)

An Egle Street man has been returned to Morgan City to face home invasion and aggravated assault charges, police reports say.

Morgan City
Police Chief James F. Blair reported that over the last 24-hour period, the Morgan City Police Department responded to 30 calls for service and made these arrests beginning Monday:
—Alexander R. Foreman, 25, Egle Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 12:22 p.m. Monday on Morgan City Police Department warrants alleging home invasion, aggravated battery of a dating partner and aggravated assault with a firearm.
Foreman was transported from the West Baton Rouge Parish Jail to the Morgan City Police Department for active warrants he held for the department. The warrants stem from an incident in March in which it is alleged that Foreman forcefully entered a home, committed a battery and threatened the victim with a firearm.
Foreman was booked and incarcerated.
—Jason Paul Cavalier Sr., 46, Hilda Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 8:40 a.m. Monday on a warrant alleging false communication with intent to cause an emergency response.
—Vernon J. Robin Jr., 58, Front Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 9:02 a.m. Monday on a warrant alleging disturbing the peace by fighting.
—Cory Castille, 32, Bush Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 9:51 p.m. Monday on charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and violation of uniform controlled dangerous substance laws (drug-free zone).
The Morgan City Police Department Narcotics Division conducted a search warrant at a residence on Bush Street. Located at the residence was Castille.
During the search, officers located suspected methamphetamine packaged for sale along with drug paraphernalia. Castille was placed under arrest and transported to the Morgan City Police Department for booking and incarceration.
—Shelby R. Lee, 37, Landry Lane, Morgan City, was arrested at 5:17 p.m. Monday on a charge of theft under $1,000 and on 16th Judicial District Court warrants alleging failure to appear for arraignment and failure to appear for trial
—Richard D. Albritton III, 33, Helen Drive, was arrested at 12:02 a.m. Tuesday on charges of domestic abuse battery and domestic abuse (child endangerment).

St. Mary
Sheriff Blaise Smith advised that over the last 24-hour reporting period, the Sheriff’s Office responded to 35 complaints and made these arrests:
—Darien Dwayne Dwyer, 25, Charenton, was arrested at 6 a.m. Monday on charges of driving under suspension and improper lane usage. Dwyer was released on a summons to appear Oct. 7.
—Arnold Yoan Cruz-Soto, 24, Amelia, was arrested at 8:06 p.m. Monday on a warrant alleging failure to appear for the charges of operating a vehicle with improper signal lamps or signal devices, operating a vehicle without proper required equipment, operating a vehicle without a driver’s license and failure to honor written promise to appear. Cruz-Soto was released on a $390 bond.
—Treveoate Pazarro Mosley, 19, Houma, was arrested at 1:17 a.m. Tuesday on charges of improper lane usage, aggravated flight from an officer, obstruction of highway (aggravated), obstruction of justice (tampering), possession of marijuana, possession of Schedule II drugs, possession of a legend drug without a prescription and driver must be licensed.
Mosley also was named in two Houma Police Department warrants on the charges of simple battery, aggravated assault with a firearm, and negligent carrying of a firearm. No bail has been set.
—Jason Rogers, 39, Patterson, was arrested at 5:25 p.m. Monday on a warrant alleging possession of marijuana and turning movements or signals required. Rogers was released on a summons to appear Oct. 7.

Franklin
Police Chief Morris Beverly reported that the Franklin Police Department responded to seven complaints over the last 24-hour period and made this arrest:
—Yvonne Denlinger, 47, Jackson Street, Franklin, was arrested at 12:32 p.m. Monday on charges of theft and criminal trespassing. Denlinger was additionally arrested on a warrant for 16th Judicial District Court for failure to appear on the charge of criminal neglect of family. Denlinger was booked, processed and transported to the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center.

Assumption
Sheriff Leland Falcon reported these arrests:
—Amber Lynn Anderson, 23, Leighton Road, Thibodaux was arrested Saturday on charges of illegal carrying of weapons in the presence of controlled dangerous substances, Schedule I drugs, Schedule II drugs, possession with intent to distribute synthetic marijuana, possession of marijuana (second offense), possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia and speeding 84 mph in a 55 mph zone.
—Kristopher Robert Kennedy, 27, Government Circle, Thibodaux, was arrested Saturday on charges of illegal carrying of weapons in the presence of controlled dangerous substances, possession of drug paraphernalia, Schedule I drugs, Schedule II drugs and possession of heroin.
The arrests followed a traffic stop Saturday near Paincourtville.
A uniformed patrol deputy observed a westbound vehicle commit a traffic violation near La. 70 and Spur 70. The deputy initiated a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, identified as Anderson.
The deputy noted a strong odor of suspected marijuana emitting from the violator vehicle. The deputy interviewed Anderson, but concluded that further investigation was warranted and requested a K-9 at the location.
The deputy made contact with the passenger, identified as Kennedy. The passenger acknowledged the presence of a large-caliber firearm in the vehicle.
The officer conducted a walk-around of the vehicle and noted marijuana and other substances as well as the firearm in plain view. An inventory search furthered the investigation as additional illegal narcotics were seized.
Anderson and Kennedy were booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center with bond set at $165,000 each.
—Chelsea Elizabeth Jean Canady, 28, Emma Jean Lane, Lake Charles, was arrested Saturday on charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of Adderall, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and speeding 75 mph in a 55 mph zone.
—Jude Paul Coupel, 21, Shadow Brock Lane, Lake Charles, was arrested Saturday on charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.
The arrests followed a traffic stop Saturday on La. 70.
A uniformed patrol deputy observed a vehicle commit a traffic violation and initiated a stop of the vehicle. The deputy made contact with the driver, Canady. The deputy conducted an interview. The deputy made contact with Coupel and noted behavior consistent with illegal drug activity.
Both Chelsea Elizabeth Jean Canady and Jude Paul Coupel were arrested and booked into the parish detention facility. Canady’s bond was set at $35,000, and Coupel’s bond was set at $40,000.

Bollinger Shipyards LLC christened the Holland, an ocean transport barge for General Dynamics Electric Boat, on Saturday.
The Holland will support the construction and maintenance of the United States’ Columbia Class ballistic missile submarines and Virginia Class fast attack submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat is the prime contractor on the design and build of the Columbia Class submarine, which will replace the aging Ohio Class ballistic missile submarines.
“Bollinger Shipyards is pleased to partner with General Dynamics Electric Boat to help meet the expanding needs of the United States’ Navy,” said Bollinger President & CEO Ben Bordelon. “We believe that in order to build 21st century American vessels, it requires 21st century American tools and equipment manufactured right here in the United States. The Bollinger management team and our skilled workforce are proud and look forward to continue supporting the efforts to modernize our Nation’s fleet.”
“The men and women of Electric Boat are proud of our long history in providing the world’s finest submarines to our Navy and our Nation,” said Kevin Graney, president, General Dynamics Electric Boat.
In November 2019, General Dynamics Electric Boat selected Bollinger to construct the Holland, a 400-by-100-foot ocean transport barge.
The concept and contract design was performed by the Bristol Harbor Group in Rhode Island, while Bollinger performed the detail design engineering at its Lockport facility and construction at the Bollinger Marine Fabrication facility in Amelia.

The Donjon-SMIT salvage team raised the bow section of the SEACOR Power to the surface of the water and transported it by barge on Saturday to the Modern American Recycling Services Inc. facility in Houma.
With the bow section removed, salvage work continued at the site, where crews conducted more acoustic surveys of the stern and accommodation sections.
The updated surveys will be used to complete the rigging configuration to prepare the stern section for removal. Once the stern section is raised, the crews will continue the preparation and removal of the accommodations section.
Safety remains paramount. The unified commander is closely monitoring the weather and adjusting operations as needed to ensure the safety of salvage crews.
The Coast Guard safety zone extending one nautical mile around the site and the Federal Aviation Administration temporary flight restriction covering a five nautical mile radius around the wreckage site and 2,000-foot minimum altitude will remain in place until salvage operations are complete. Additionally, a temporary flight restriction is in place around the M.A.R.S., Inc. facility. These restrictions are in place to ensure the safety of salvage crews working at the wreckage site and the M.A.R.S. Inc. facility as well as boaters who could place themselves in danger by transiting through an active work site where debris and other underwater obstructions such as anchor wires, mooring ropes and navigational buoys may be present.

An outsized figure in Louisiana politics, former Gov. Edwin Edwards, passed away Monday, just a few days before the legislative deadline for constitutionally-required veto session ballots. The significance wasn’t lost on those who know the history of the state Constitution and the role Edwards had in its passage in 1974.
Edwards and the delegates to the 1973-74 Constitutional Convention managed to do what other towering figures from modern Louisiana politics were unable to — reform the state’s much ballyhooed 1921 charter.
Huey Long tried and failed, as did his brother Earl. “In fact,” Edwards noted in what may be the last thing he ever wrote on the subject, “much of the 20th Century saw some of Louisiana’s most brilliant political minds endeavoring to overhaul a state Constitution in shambles.”
Writing the epilogue for “The Last Constitution: Louisiana’s Greatest Political Generation and the Document that Defined Them All,” Edwards recounted how the odds were stacked against him and the delegates:
As I met individually with legislators before the inauguration, many remained skeptical of the idea that we could successfully rewrite the Constitution.
Many showed reluctance to move forward with any revisions to the existing document.
Addressing the Legislature on my first day as governor, I said, “The time has come to modernize the system itself so that we and those who follow will not be stymied by built-in waste, inefficiency and lack of accountability.” The Constitutional Convention became the first step to put our state’s house in order, and to prepare Louisiana for the new age.
By the Friday of my first week in office, the constitutional convention bill had reached my desk. When I signed it, I told the press, “We have set the stage for the people to have a voice in state government.” I still believe that the Convention gave the people of Louisiana a level of input on state government previously unavailable to them. In 1921 and years prior, the average citizen could not simply pick up the phone and reach their delegates at a constitutional convention.
While popular legend suggests Edwards more or less controlled the entire Convention, that wasn’t the case. At what may have been the height of his power, Edwards didn’t even come close to getting everything he wanted. In fact, delegates decided to give the Legislative Branch more authority, which Edwards, a former legislator himself, didn’t aggressively fight against.
Under the 1921 Constitution, no veto session could ensue unless a majority of the members of each chamber agreed to consider an override. The current Constitution reversed that scenario by mandating an automatic veto session after each legislative session — unless a majority of members from either chamber “declare(s) in writing that a veto session is unnecessary.”
Edwards hoped lawmakers would never use that provision to override one of his vetoes, and they never did, at least not in a full-blown veto session. That honor will probably be bestowed upon the sitting governor of the same name — Gov. John Bel Edwards. (While not related to the late governor, Gov. Edwards’ father, the one-time sheriff of Tangipahoa Parish, was a delegate to the 1973-73 Convention.)
The governor has vetoed a number of bills from the recent regular session that were near and dear to conservative lawmakers, including one that would have banned participation in certain sports by transgender athletes and another that would have allowed for the concealed carry of firearms without a permit. Lawmakers must turn in their veto ballots by July 15, which in turn is expected to trigger the state’s first veto session ever.
One of the loudest voices in favor of a veto override session belongs to House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, who was reportedly by the side of late Gov. Edwin Edwards when he passed earlier this week.
Schexnayder has done as much as anyone to make sure the Legislature becomes a more independent branch of state government.
Edwin Edwards, meanwhile, did more than any other state executive to add a mystique of power and control to the office of governor that you won’t find enshrined in any law or constitution.
Those contrasting ideas — of a strong Executive Branch and an independent Legislative Branch — will come to a head later this month, should lawmakers trigger a history-making veto session.
And the only thing that will definitely survive the dustup is the legacy of the man we knew as EWE.
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