State Briefs for July 6, 2009
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MONROE — A 28-year-old Monroe mother is facing a child desertion charge for allegedly leaving her 2-year-old son locked in a vehicle while she shopped.
Monroe police arrested Laquaruis Wallace. An arrest affidavit obtained Saturday says the child was left in the vehicle with no circulating air for about 40 minutes before police were called and temperatures exceeded 100 degrees.
Police say an employee had to use the store’s public announcement system to call the suspect outside. Wallace allegedly told police she left her son in the vehicle because he was asleep and she did not want to wake him.
Wallace’s bond has not been set.
Parole hearing today for Ouachita official
MONROE — A parole hearing is scheduled today for former Ouachita Parish Public Works director Frederick “Bo” Boyte, who is serving time in jail for malfeasance in office.
Boyte started serving his 3‰ year sentence on Nov. 1 at Ouachita Correctional Center. District Judge Wendell Manning convicted him in a bench trial on a malfeasance in office charge for several incidents, including unauthorized road work and ordering an employee to cut down trees on private property.
The Louisiana Supreme Court denied Boyte’s June 2008 appeal. Today’s parole hearing is scheduled to be held at the David Wade Correctional Center in Homer, according to Department of Corrections’ Web site.
Boyte was among eight people indicted in June 2003 following an 18-month investigation.
Crowley man dies
in motorcycle crash
LAFAYETTE — Louisiana State Police say a Crowley man who died Sunday was struck by a pickup truck after losing control of his motorcycle on Interstate 10 east of Louisiana Avenue.
Authorities have identified the victim as 33-year-old Joseph Warren Young.
Just before 2:05 a.m. Sunday, State Police say Young was driving his motorcycle west on I-10, followed by a pickup driven by 51-year-old Barry P. Trumps, also of Crowley.
Authorities say Young drove off the road and into a guardrail. The motorcycle landed on its side and Young was thrown back into the traffic lanes. State Police say he was then struck by Trumps’ pickup and later pronounced dead at the scene.
Compiled from The Associated Press
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