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Baldwin, La. – A Home-Going Celebration will be held Saturday, December 9, 2017, at 2 p.m., for David Lloyd Bruner Sr., age 97, who passed away on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.
Viewing will begin at 12 noon with funeral services proceeding at 2 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 101 Main St., Baldwin, La.
He is survived by one son, David L. Bruner Jr.; one brother, Stephen L. Bruner Sr.; and a host of family and friends.
Professional services is entrusted to Capitol Funeral Home, 3450 North St., Baton Rouge, La.

Carla Bourgeois Weidenboerner was officially sworn in as the new City of Franklin Third Ward Marshal by Franklin City Court Judge Jim Supple on Friday. Marshal Weidenboerner is pictured at right above with Judge Supple and her mother, Francis Bourgeois. Below, Weidenboerner is pictured with her mother and husband, Danny Weidenboerner.

St. Mary Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving held their 20th annual Top Cops honors at the Lamp Post on Thursday in Franklin.
The guest speaker for the evening was former Sheriff David Naquin, and the event was attended by every parish law enforcement entity.
The St. Mary Chapter of MADD compiled the list of Top Cops by reviewing arrest records for the seven law enforcement agencies in the parish for the period of Nov. 1, 2016 to Nov. 1, 2017.
Records for Morgan City, Berwick, Patterson, Franklin, Chitimacha, and Baldwin police departments, as well as the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office showed a total of 187 arrests recorded for driving while intoxicated. This reflected an increase of 25 arrests from the previous year.
The nine officers with the most DWI arrests were honored as the Top Cops of the parish.
Officer #9 was Sheriff’s Office Deputy Dustin Kennedy, with six arrests. Officer #8 was Morgan City PD Officer Josh Hudson, with six arrests. Officer #7 was Sheriff’s Office Deputy Matthew Moore, with six arrests. Officer #6 was Morgan City PD Officer Tyler Crouch, with seven arrests. Officer #5 was Berwick PD Officer Quentin Menard, with seven arrests. Officer #4 was Franklin PD Officer McCloures Manuel, with eight arrests. Officer #3 was Morgan City PD Officer Brandon Billiot, with 10 arrests. Officer #2 was Morgan City PD Officer Josh Ashley, with 12 arrests. Officer #1 was Morgan City PD Officer Chad Ledet, with 24 arrests.
A candlelight vigil was observed, to honor the victims of intoxicated drivers.
The ceremony was attended by State Police Troop I troopers as well. However, it was impossible to quantify their parish-wide DWI arrests. So, they were not added to the parish-wide tally for the year. Though it was noted that had the troopers’ arrests records been added to MADD’s parish DWI arrest tally, the results would have been markedly increased.

A teen was arrested after police found 22 bags of marijuana in a vehicle at Morgan City High School, police said in a news release.
—Marquil Singleton, 17, of Laurel Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 9:14 a.m. Tuesday on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and violation of uniform controlled dangerous substance law-drug-free zone.

The Morgan City Police Department Canine Division in a collaborative effort with the St. Mary Parish School Board and St. Mary Sheriff's Office School Resource Officers conducted a search at Morgan City High School with K-9 Lady.

During the search, K-9 Lady alerted to the presence of illegal narcotic in a vehicle. Upon further examination of the vehicle, 22 individual cellophane bags of suspected marijuana was located, police said. Evidence was uncovered that the suspected marijuana was destined to be sold in illicit sales, police said. Singleton was developed as a suspect in the investigation and evidence was uncovered linking Singleton to the suspected marijuana, police said. Singleton was arrested and transported to the Morgan City jail where he was booked and incarcerated.

The Morgan City Police Department initiates a presence within the schools in Morgan City utilizing different tools available to assure the safety of the children, the release stated.