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St. Mary deputies are investigating a shooting that wounded a man Tuesday night in Four Corners.

Deputies answered the report of multiple shots fired about 10:20 p.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of Cypremort Road.
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One man was wounded by gunfire and was transported for treatment by Acadian Ambulance. The investigation was underway at 11 p.m. Tuesday..

Within days of joining Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and a coalition of Republican governors in Eagle Pass, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and state legislative leaders announced their united agreement to fund and send troops to Texas.
While in Texas, after meeting with Abbott, Landry immediately called legislative leaders to express the need to fund sending Louisiana National Guard troops to Texas. On Thursday, they delivered, announcing in a news conference that they were allocating $3 million to send 150 troops to Texas to support Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star.
At the event, Abbott explained how combined state border security efforts have successfully blocked illegal entry, and they were expanding their efforts to other areas.
“Half of the governors of the United States have joined with Texas in our cause to make sure states should do everything possible to secure our border,” Abbott said.
“We are here to send a loud and clear message that we are banding together to fight to ensure that we will be able to maintain our constitutional guarantee that states will be able to defend against any type of imminent danger or an invasion that has been threatened by Joe Biden and his abject refusal to enforce the immigration laws of the United States of America.”
Just days later, Landry shared some insight from his briefing with Abbott, who “explained to us that 30,000 pounds of fentanyl was seized at the border in Texas. That’s enough to kill almost everyone in the country. So, this is an absolute emergency.”
President Joe Biden’s “open border policies,” Landry said, have created a fentanyl crisis that is killing 125,000 Americans every year.
Landry also described what he saw in Eagle Pass, referring to two bridges and two ports of entry, enabling people to legally cross from Mexico to Texas, which are manned by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Eagle Pass.
“But what the president has done is basically dog whistle to those who have tried to come into the country illegally and say, ‘listen if you just swim across the Rio Grande, we’ll let you in that way.’ Then all of a sudden you start to see 5,000 and 6,000 people having to swim across the Rio Grande to get into the country illegally,” Landry said.
This puts pressure on Texas, “which eventually puts pressure on Louisiana and other states around the country.”
“Texas has always been a great neighbor to us,” Landry continued. “If they’re calling, we should heed that call,” adding that legislative leaders “all agreed that we should do that.”
“Because the federal government will not act, because the president will not do his job, because Congress refuses to put in place a solid immigration plan that protects this country and allows people to come in and out of this country the way it has been done since the beginning, then the states are going to act,” he said.
A former active-duty National Guardsman, Landry said the money was well spent and “serves a purpose in helping Louisiana” to provide training and troop readiness.
He also said Louisiana cities were combating crime being committed by cartel-affiliated “gangs of undocumented people” and Louisianans are dying from fentanyl poisoning.
Crimes “we can directly trace to a border that is wide open that is letting the cartel do as they please into this country.”
Louisiana’s legislative leaders agreeing to send troops to Texas, he said, “is one of the most proudest days I can even ever have imagined to see all these great men and women here who are dedicated to public safety and to the security not only of the state of Louisiana but of the nation.”
Brigadier Gen. Michael Greer, director of the Louisiana Military Department, said troops will be supporting the Texas National Guard “in what they’re doing at the border.”
Troops are currently expanding and building concertina wire and other border barriers as well as building Texas’ own border wall, The Center Square has previously reported.
Louisiana troops will not detain any illegal border crossers they encounter, Greer said, but will refer them “to local law enforcement who have the responsibility to make those arrests or do whatever it is under Texas law.”
Troops will begin to be deployed next month in three 50-troop rotations for 90-day deployments.
In response to Abbott’s call for help, 25 Republican governors have pledged their support and committed to send National Guard troops to Texas.
Troops from 14 states have already been serving in Texas. Many governors last week said they would soon be sending more troops.
Texas border czar Mike Banks told The Center Square their efforts are working. Compared to a year ago, “if you look at the number of illegal border crossings today, Texas counts for 30% of those crossings. The remaining 70% are crossing in Arizona, California, and New Mexico. Why? Because they’re not putting up the resistance that Texas is.”
“As Texas gains control of an area,” Banks said, “we’re going to maintain that area and we’re going to expand.
"We’re going to gain, maintain, expand. We’re going to cut off illegal entry into the state of Texas.”

Known for its nighttime run and colorfully lit floats, the Krewe of Hera parade returned Monday night to the streets of Morgan City.

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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.)

St. Mary, Morgan City and Franklin authorities made arrests over the weekend on battery charges. Patterson police made arrests on charges related to alcohol.

St. Mary

Sheriff Blaise Smith reported that over the last 72-hour reporting period, the Sheriff’s Office responded to 115 complaints and made these arrests:

--Kyle Thomas Clement, 30, Cypremort Point, was arrested at 9:47 p.m. Saturday on charges of simple criminal damage to property, domestic abuse battery and domestic abuse aggravated assault. Bail has not been set at this time.

--Terry Wilson, 53, Franklin, was arrested at 10:43 p.m. Sunday on a charge of domestic abuse (child endangerment law). Bail has not been set at this time.

--Isyss Zynaye Clay, 21, New Iberia, was arrested at 4:17 p.m. Sunday on a warrant alleging failure to appear on charges of flight from an officer and improper turn or failure to give required signal. Bail has not been set at this time.

--Danielle Rochelle Paul-Clark, 30, Houston, was arrested at 2:24 a.m. Sunday on charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless operation with accident. Bail was set at $5,000.

Morgan City

Chief Chad M. Adams reported that the Morgan City Police Department responded to 150 calls for service over the last 72-hour reporting period and made these arrests:

--Gannon Troy Broussard Jr., 33, Railroad Avenue, Morgan City, was arrested at 1:31 p.m. Friday on charges of simple battery and criminal mischief.

--Cally Macaluso, 39, Fanco Lane, Morgan City, was arrested at 5:07 p.m. Friday on a charge of interfering with child custody.

--Justin Dale Adams, 45, Park Haven Lane, Baton Rouge, was arrested at 1:02 a.m. Saturday on charges of driving under suspension and following too closely.

--William Roberson Jr., 38, Patterson, was arrested at 2:04 a.m. Saturday on charges of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and improper lighting.

--Mitzi Landry, 39, Pine Drive, Morgan City, was arrested at 6:48 p.m. Saturday on charges of criminal trespassing and resisting an officer.

--Paris Nicole Bias, 32, Orange Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 1 a.m. Sunday on two counts of failure to appear for arraignment (6th Ward Morgan City Court).

--Henry Aniel Cruz-Gomez, 25, West Tunnel Boulevard, Houma, was arrested at 10:02 p.m. Saturday on charges of switched license plate, no driver’s license and failure to yield.

--Hunter Joseph Rhodes, 25, Saturn Road, Morgan City, was arrested at 2:50 a.m. Sunday on charges of driving while intoxicated (first offense), reckless operation of a motor vehicle, improper lane usage and speeding 76 mph in a 60 mph zone.

--Myles Anthony Morgan, 36, Front Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 3:49 p.m. Sunday on two counts of criminal trespassing.

--Irma Vera Zavala, 49, Chennault Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 8:32 p.m. Sunday on a charge of allowing dogs to roam.

Patterson

Chief Garrett Grogan reported these arrests:

--Corey J. Hilliard, 36, Tiffany Street, Patterson, was arrested at 3:34 a.m. Saturday on a warrant alleging failure to appear on charges of expired driver’s license, no insurance, no motor vehicle inspection and expired license plate. Hilliard is incarcerated at the Patterson PD Jail with bond set at $1,119.

--Nina S. Butler, 41, Tall Timber Drive, Patterson, was arrested at 1:47 p.m. Saturday on charges of criminal trespass, disturbing the peace (language) and simple assault. Butler was incarcerated at the Patterson PD Jail with bond set at $827.

--Chantel T. Burke, 30, Church Street, Patterson, was arrested at 1:05 p.m. Saturday on a charge of theft by shoplifting. Burke was incarcerated at the Patterson PD Jail with bond set at $476.

--Brian M. Racicot, 58, Shady Grove Drive, Patterson, was arrested at 9:03 p.m. Saturday on charges of public intoxication and open container, and on a Morgan City warrant alleging criminal trespass. Racicot is incarcerated at the Patterson PD
Jail with bond set at $1,329.50.

--Jason J. Ashley, 35, Johnston Street, Baker, was arrested at 9:01 p.m. Sunday on charges of disturbing the peace (intoxicated) and littering, and on a Morgan City Police Department warrant alleging possession of marijuana (less than 14 grams) and contempt of court.

Franklin

Chief Cedric Handy reported that the Franklin Police Department responded to 14 complaints over the weekend and made these arrests:

--Devante Burden, 31, Blakesley Street, Franklin, was arrested at 4:10 p.m. Friday on charges of aggravated assault with a firearm, simple kidnapping, domestic abuse battery (strangulation) and illegal possession of stolen firearms.

Burden was booked, processed and transported to the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center.

--Tyrelle Edwards, 24, Main Street, Franklin, was arrested at 11:11 a.m. Friday on a warrant for 3rd Ward City Court alleging failure to appear on charges of stop signs, switched license plate and driving under suspension. Edwards was booked, processed and released on a $433.00 bond.

--Isyss Clay, 21, Nola Drive, New Iberia, was arrested at 11:20 p.m. Saturday on a warrant dated Jan. 19, 2022, alleging disturbing the peace (fighting) and obstructing public passage. Clay was booked, processed and released to appear in 3rd Ward City Court.

Chitimacha

Chief B.C. Trahan reported this arrest:

--James Garrett Jr., 29, Elizabeth Street, New Iberia, was arrested Sunday on a charge of theft (under $1,000). He was released on a summons.