There are weird mascot antics, and then there's this. During Rice's game vs. Tulane Wednesday night, Rice mascot Sammy the Owl was camped out on the baseline. Apparently, referee Curtis Shaw asked him to move, and, to paraphrase the Joker, Sammy didn't like that. Not ... one ... bit.
So Sammy did what any self-respecting mascot would do. (No, he didn't grab a t-shirt cannon and go to town.) He used his giant foam head to bump the referee. You can view it about the 1:40 mark. It almost looks like a head butt, except the head doesn't move quite fast enough -- it just sort of rubs up against Shaw. A prompt ejection soon followed. Farewell, Sammy. Your passion for your team is unrivaled. You're also sort of an embarrassment. I guess you take the good with the bad.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Sammy the owl hahaha!!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
AT LAST!
These 2 are so loving and beautiful, it just brings a joy to my heart every time I watch this. It also gives me a new respect for Beyonce. I have always loved her as an artist, but last night she rocked it! This really brought a couple of tears to my eyes!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
New Year's Eve
So, today is December 31, 2009.... New Year's Eve..........
I am sitting down and recollecting some of the things that happened in my life this past year. First and most importantly, my baby girl Lyric Onique was born on March 25. She was unexpected, but is truly a blessing and I wouldn't trade her for the world!!!
Also, in January, I was hired as a permanent employee with Quality Carriers. In these "tough economical times", it is a blessing to have a job, even if it is a sh*tty one like mine, but that's another story.
I got a new vehicle in 2008, a Dodge Durango to be exact. With our growing family, it was time for a bigger vehicle, and I'm to fly for a minivan!! LOL!!!
My mother turned 50 years old on September 19, 2008. That is truly a blessing, and she doesn't look a day over 30! Yep, she's 50 and FLY!!
A lot of other important things happened in my life this past year, but I think the most important one of all, is that I have decided to put me first. In the past, I have worried about what other people would think or say, and if I thought someone else would not be happy, then I would aim to please them, not worrying about my own feelings. NO MORE!! I'm first!! 2009 will be the year of the Extreme Makeover: Lariesha Edition. I will start eating right, exercising, and taking care of myself. Life is too short to life with regrets!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~~I'M GONNA SHINE IN '09!!!!!!! Learning from yesterday, living for today, and focused on tomorrow!~~~~~~~~
Peace, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The Billionaire's Black Sheep
What's it like when your grandpa is the richest man in the world? For Nicole Buffett, it means forgoing cable TV and health insurance and making do on $40,000 a year.
"The first thing most people think of when they hear my last name is money," she laughs. Not just money — gobs of it. Nicole Buffett's grandfather is the legendary investor Warren Buffett, whose $58 billion fortune made him the richest man on the planet, a mantle he seized from Bill Gates last fall. So deep are Buffett's pockets that when the financial markets cratered in September, the so-called Oracle of Omaha single-handedly buoyed Wall Street (at least for a day) by plunking down $5 billion on troubled investment bank Goldman Sachs. ("Canonize Warren Buffett," cried one headline on CNBC's Website.)
But there's a bitter irony to Buffett's beneficence. Wall Street's white knight is also an unforgiving hardhead when it comes to his own granddaughter, whom he cut off two years ago after a falling-out. "For him to discard me like that was devastating," Nicole says matter-of-factly. "It permanently divided our family."When Nicole was 4, her singer-songwriter mother married Warren Buffett's youngest child, Peter, a composer for commercials and films. He later adopted Nicole and her identical twin sister, who were embraced as kin by the larger Buffett family — especially Susan, Warren's first wife, an avid music lover and cabaret performer. "A lot of people don't realize that my family is full of artists," says Nicole. (Susan Buffett, who died in 2004, was an early buyer of Nicole's art and named Nicole one of "my adored grandchildren" in her will.)
As a child, Nicole made regular visits to "Grandpa's" modest home in Omaha, where he still lives, purchased in 1958 for $31,500. Despite the humble digs, Nicole remembers the occasional spoils of Buffett's wealth. At Christmas, when she was 5, he gave her a crisp $100 bill from his wallet. Once, she was invited on a private tour of the See's Candies factory he owned. And twice yearly, Peter Buffett packed up his brood for a vacation at his father's compound in Laguna Beach.
Nicole also remembers once tiptoeing into her grandfather's study to fetch something, careful not to disturb him while he read the Wall Street Journal. Just as she turned to slip out, Buffett cleared his throat and said, "Nicole, I just want you to know that your grandmother and I are very proud of all that you've accomplished as an artist." "It's a really big deal for him to communicate on such an emotional level," says Nicole, her eyes welling. "So it was a big deal for me." Nicole was clueless about the scope of the Buffett fortune until she was 17, when her grandfather appeared on the cover of Forbes for having topped the magazine's annual list of the richest Americans. Her classmates nearly stampeded her at school with the news. "I called my dad, and he said, 'Yeah, Grandpa is going to be getting a lot more press, and we're going to have to get used to that. But we'll be living our lives the same way and doing what we always do,'" Nicole says. In fact, the national media debut only intensified Buffett's efforts to preserve his unaffected lifestyle. Aware of the unfairness of what he calls "the ovarian lottery," Buffett made clear to the family that there'd be no handouts. "For most people, your life is largely determined by the wealth you were — or weren't — born into," Nicole explains. "But our family was supposed to be a meritocracy."
That philosophy translated into a near-fanatical devotion to living like regular Joes. Buffett's kids went to public schools and, when they were old enough to drive, shared the family car. "You wouldn't guess it, but I grew up in a household with my parents saying, 'If you're fortunate enough to find something you love, then do it,'" says Peter Buffett. Committed to instilling those homespun values in his grandkids, Buffett agreed to pay for their college educations — and nothing more. He picked up the six-figure tab for Nicole's art school tuition. Once, Nicole called her grandfather's office to ask if he'd help her buy a futon when she moved to an off-campus apartment. "You know what the rules are: school expenses only," his secretary told her.
Four years ago, following Susan's death, Buffett showed up for his family's annual Christmas gathering clad in a garishly over-the-top red tracksuit and Santa hat, a gift from "Arnie" (California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger). Everyone laughed at the absurdity of it all. When the holiday ended, Nicole raced into Buffett's arms. "We're not a touchy-feely family, so when I did it, the rest of the family seemed a little surprised," Nicole says, beaming. "But he gave me this great big hug back." It was the last time the pair would share an embrace.
Two years later, Nicole agreed to appear in The One Percent, a documentary by Johnson & Johnson heir Jamie Johnson about the gap between rich and poor in America. "I've been very blessed to have my education taken care of, and I have had my living expenses taken care of while I'm in school," she states on camera. None of the Buffetts, a famously press-averse bunch, had ever before appeared in so public a forum to dish about their upbringing. Though Nicole informed her father of her role in the film and he had no objections, she failed to give her grandfather a heads-up. Asked in the film how he'd react to her interview, Nicole responds, "I definitely fear judgment. Money is the spoke in my grandfather's wheel of life." Nicole concedes that the remarks may have sounded brusque. "I meant that my grandfather is like a Formula One driver who only wants to race — he just loves the game and wants to be the best," she says.
But Buffett was galled. He had for some time felt ambivalent about Nicole and her sister's claim to his fortune — though Peter had legally adopted them, he divorced their mother in 1993 and remarried three years later. To make matters worse, while plugging the film on Oprah, Nicole confessed, "It would be nice to be involved with creating things for others with that money and to be involved in it. I feel completely excluded from it." The perceived sense of entitlement and Nicole's self-appointed role as family spokesperson prompted Buffett to tell Peter that he'd renounce her. A month later, the mega-billionaire mailed Nicole a letter in which he cautioned her about the pitfalls of the Buffett name: "People will react to you based on that 'fact' rather than who you are or what you have accomplished." He punctuated the letter by declaring, "I have not emotionally or legally adopted you as a grandchild, nor have the rest of my family adopted you as a niece or a cousin." Nicole was devastated. "He signed the letter 'Warren,'" she says. "I have a card from him just a year earlier that's signed 'Grandpa.'"But Buffett's decision was irrevocable. "I don't have an easy answer for where my father is coming from," says Peter Buffett, who speaks to Nicole regularly. "But I know I can't change the spots on a leopard." Jamie Johnson convinced Nicole to tape a follow-up interview, which he added as an emotional postscript to his film. "To pretend like we don't have a familial relationship is not based in reality. I've spent years of my life at his home in Omaha. I'm shocked and hurt," Nicole says.
Now, despite her sterling surname, Buffett is getting by on $40,000 or so a year, largely on the sale of her paintings (collectors include Shirley Temple's daughter Lori Black and Hollywood special-effects guru Scott Ross). There's no denying that the Buffett name piques interest in the art world, where Nicole's pieces have fetched as much as $8000. One of her techniques is to leave unfinished works outside, exposed to the elements. "I like to see what happens," she says, hovering over canvases mottled with sunbursts of color. Nicole supplements her income by working at a San Francisco boutique, but still can't afford cable or health insurance. Since their falling-out, Buffett has begun mailing sizable Christmas checks to his grandchildren, despite his no-freebies rule. Even so, Nicole vigorously insists that she has no regrets. "I think it shows he's trying to reach out to his grandkids in a more personal way," she says, before pausing. "And probably he's rewarding them for behaving." In the two years since they last spoke, Nicole has been besieged by her grandfather's image. "I can't turn on the TV or read the paper without seeing him," she says, referring to his role in the Wall Street bailout and as Barack Obama's adviser during his presidential bid. She dreams about a reconciliation, however unlikely. Still, she says she'll never stop being a Buffett. "I will always be self-reliant," she says, curled up on her couch, her dreadlocks draping her body like a quilt. "Grandpa taught me that, and it has set the tone for my life."
"The first thing most people think of when they hear my last name is money," she laughs. Not just money — gobs of it. Nicole Buffett's grandfather is the legendary investor Warren Buffett, whose $58 billion fortune made him the richest man on the planet, a mantle he seized from Bill Gates last fall. So deep are Buffett's pockets that when the financial markets cratered in September, the so-called Oracle of Omaha single-handedly buoyed Wall Street (at least for a day) by plunking down $5 billion on troubled investment bank Goldman Sachs. ("Canonize Warren Buffett," cried one headline on CNBC's Website.)
But there's a bitter irony to Buffett's beneficence. Wall Street's white knight is also an unforgiving hardhead when it comes to his own granddaughter, whom he cut off two years ago after a falling-out. "For him to discard me like that was devastating," Nicole says matter-of-factly. "It permanently divided our family."When Nicole was 4, her singer-songwriter mother married Warren Buffett's youngest child, Peter, a composer for commercials and films. He later adopted Nicole and her identical twin sister, who were embraced as kin by the larger Buffett family — especially Susan, Warren's first wife, an avid music lover and cabaret performer. "A lot of people don't realize that my family is full of artists," says Nicole. (Susan Buffett, who died in 2004, was an early buyer of Nicole's art and named Nicole one of "my adored grandchildren" in her will.)
As a child, Nicole made regular visits to "Grandpa's" modest home in Omaha, where he still lives, purchased in 1958 for $31,500. Despite the humble digs, Nicole remembers the occasional spoils of Buffett's wealth. At Christmas, when she was 5, he gave her a crisp $100 bill from his wallet. Once, she was invited on a private tour of the See's Candies factory he owned. And twice yearly, Peter Buffett packed up his brood for a vacation at his father's compound in Laguna Beach.
Nicole also remembers once tiptoeing into her grandfather's study to fetch something, careful not to disturb him while he read the Wall Street Journal. Just as she turned to slip out, Buffett cleared his throat and said, "Nicole, I just want you to know that your grandmother and I are very proud of all that you've accomplished as an artist." "It's a really big deal for him to communicate on such an emotional level," says Nicole, her eyes welling. "So it was a big deal for me." Nicole was clueless about the scope of the Buffett fortune until she was 17, when her grandfather appeared on the cover of Forbes for having topped the magazine's annual list of the richest Americans. Her classmates nearly stampeded her at school with the news. "I called my dad, and he said, 'Yeah, Grandpa is going to be getting a lot more press, and we're going to have to get used to that. But we'll be living our lives the same way and doing what we always do,'" Nicole says. In fact, the national media debut only intensified Buffett's efforts to preserve his unaffected lifestyle. Aware of the unfairness of what he calls "the ovarian lottery," Buffett made clear to the family that there'd be no handouts. "For most people, your life is largely determined by the wealth you were — or weren't — born into," Nicole explains. "But our family was supposed to be a meritocracy."
That philosophy translated into a near-fanatical devotion to living like regular Joes. Buffett's kids went to public schools and, when they were old enough to drive, shared the family car. "You wouldn't guess it, but I grew up in a household with my parents saying, 'If you're fortunate enough to find something you love, then do it,'" says Peter Buffett. Committed to instilling those homespun values in his grandkids, Buffett agreed to pay for their college educations — and nothing more. He picked up the six-figure tab for Nicole's art school tuition. Once, Nicole called her grandfather's office to ask if he'd help her buy a futon when she moved to an off-campus apartment. "You know what the rules are: school expenses only," his secretary told her.
Four years ago, following Susan's death, Buffett showed up for his family's annual Christmas gathering clad in a garishly over-the-top red tracksuit and Santa hat, a gift from "Arnie" (California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger). Everyone laughed at the absurdity of it all. When the holiday ended, Nicole raced into Buffett's arms. "We're not a touchy-feely family, so when I did it, the rest of the family seemed a little surprised," Nicole says, beaming. "But he gave me this great big hug back." It was the last time the pair would share an embrace.
Two years later, Nicole agreed to appear in The One Percent, a documentary by Johnson & Johnson heir Jamie Johnson about the gap between rich and poor in America. "I've been very blessed to have my education taken care of, and I have had my living expenses taken care of while I'm in school," she states on camera. None of the Buffetts, a famously press-averse bunch, had ever before appeared in so public a forum to dish about their upbringing. Though Nicole informed her father of her role in the film and he had no objections, she failed to give her grandfather a heads-up. Asked in the film how he'd react to her interview, Nicole responds, "I definitely fear judgment. Money is the spoke in my grandfather's wheel of life." Nicole concedes that the remarks may have sounded brusque. "I meant that my grandfather is like a Formula One driver who only wants to race — he just loves the game and wants to be the best," she says.
But Buffett was galled. He had for some time felt ambivalent about Nicole and her sister's claim to his fortune — though Peter had legally adopted them, he divorced their mother in 1993 and remarried three years later. To make matters worse, while plugging the film on Oprah, Nicole confessed, "It would be nice to be involved with creating things for others with that money and to be involved in it. I feel completely excluded from it." The perceived sense of entitlement and Nicole's self-appointed role as family spokesperson prompted Buffett to tell Peter that he'd renounce her. A month later, the mega-billionaire mailed Nicole a letter in which he cautioned her about the pitfalls of the Buffett name: "People will react to you based on that 'fact' rather than who you are or what you have accomplished." He punctuated the letter by declaring, "I have not emotionally or legally adopted you as a grandchild, nor have the rest of my family adopted you as a niece or a cousin." Nicole was devastated. "He signed the letter 'Warren,'" she says. "I have a card from him just a year earlier that's signed 'Grandpa.'"But Buffett's decision was irrevocable. "I don't have an easy answer for where my father is coming from," says Peter Buffett, who speaks to Nicole regularly. "But I know I can't change the spots on a leopard." Jamie Johnson convinced Nicole to tape a follow-up interview, which he added as an emotional postscript to his film. "To pretend like we don't have a familial relationship is not based in reality. I've spent years of my life at his home in Omaha. I'm shocked and hurt," Nicole says.
Now, despite her sterling surname, Buffett is getting by on $40,000 or so a year, largely on the sale of her paintings (collectors include Shirley Temple's daughter Lori Black and Hollywood special-effects guru Scott Ross). There's no denying that the Buffett name piques interest in the art world, where Nicole's pieces have fetched as much as $8000. One of her techniques is to leave unfinished works outside, exposed to the elements. "I like to see what happens," she says, hovering over canvases mottled with sunbursts of color. Nicole supplements her income by working at a San Francisco boutique, but still can't afford cable or health insurance. Since their falling-out, Buffett has begun mailing sizable Christmas checks to his grandchildren, despite his no-freebies rule. Even so, Nicole vigorously insists that she has no regrets. "I think it shows he's trying to reach out to his grandkids in a more personal way," she says, before pausing. "And probably he's rewarding them for behaving." In the two years since they last spoke, Nicole has been besieged by her grandfather's image. "I can't turn on the TV or read the paper without seeing him," she says, referring to his role in the Wall Street bailout and as Barack Obama's adviser during his presidential bid. She dreams about a reconciliation, however unlikely. Still, she says she'll never stop being a Buffett. "I will always be self-reliant," she says, curled up on her couch, her dreadlocks draping her body like a quilt. "Grandpa taught me that, and it has set the tone for my life."
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
"From The Big Screen To......."
What is it with actors and actresses getting involved in politics? First, there was Jessie "The Body" Ventura, then Arnold Schwarzenegger, just to name a few. Now, Fran Drescher wants to succeed Hillary Clinton in the senate. Will she win? Maybe, maybe not. The Nanny wasn't as famous as WWF Wrestling!! HAHA!!
Read the article for yourself at:
http://www.wwltv.com/national/stories/wwl120908tpnanny.48908cc4.html
Read the article for yourself at:
http://www.wwltv.com/national/stories/wwl120908tpnanny.48908cc4.html
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?
Read below-- You can't even take comfort in knowing your loved one is literally "RESTING IN PEACE"
AVONDALE, La. -- Members of the Garza family gathered a distance away as their mother Sadie's casket was removed from a vault at the Restlawn Park Cemtery and Mausoleum in Avondale. They were there for an exhumation, to see if the operators of the cemetery had placed their father Antonio's body in the coffin with their mother.
“It's just very gruesome seeing and watching everything. And it's just very sad,” said daughter Linda Garza.
For close to half an hour, workers banged on the coffin and used a crowbar to try to pry it open, as the family watched, waited and cringed.
“I'm devastated, I'm hurt,” said Linda.
“You cannot believe the anxiety and the suffering this family is going through because of what we're doing right now,” said Mike Ellise, the family’s attorney.
The exhumation follows the family's attempt last month to have their parents' coffins placed in the same vault so they could be together in death as Sadie and Antonio Garza had requested.
The law says a mausoleum vault has to stay sealed for one year after a coffin's placed inside. So when Antonio Garza died just two months after his wife 14 years ago, the family had to place his body in separate vault. But when the Garzas came out to see their parents placed in the same vault, they discovered that the casket the cemetery claimed was their father's wasn't his at all.
“My father's casket was gray, not blue. And my father's casket did not have prayer hands on it, which this one did,” said George Garza.
In fact, the casket looked new, with bright paint and glittering chrome.
Within days the Garzas say a source close to the Chedotal family, which runs the cemetery, confirmed that was not their father's coffin. And the source said the cemetery believes his body had been moved into the coffin with their mother.
“My hope was to really know that my father was in there, so we could put this to rest,” said Linda Garza.
But when they finally pried open the lid and the pathologist the family hired to examine the remains got a chance to look inside, the family got more bad news.
“There’s only one body in it, as proven by the forensic people that we had on site,” said George Garza.
“It's got us angry, it's got us hurt,” said Linda Garza. “Our emotions are so mixed up we're in shock even that this even had to happen, that they had to reopen my mother.”
“Very upsetting, mainly seeing my mother going through this, and that was my grandma. I loved her very much. I was 16 when she passed,” said sherry aguilar, a granddaughter.
The family's attorney says this whole thing is just a sham.
“They couldn't find the body. I think that's what the bottom line is and because they couldn't find the body, they had to put on exhibition to make out as if the body was here,” said Ellise.
Members of the Garza family say it now seems clear that the operators of this mausoleum tried to pull off a hoax, using a new and empty coffin and claiming it was their father's when the Garzas tried to have their mother's and father's casket placed in the same vault. The Garzas are left wondering why cemetery would do it.
They took the money. For that and knowing that they didn't know where the body was, pulled the hoax, putting a casket that was not him there,” said George Graza.
Harold Chedotal, a brother of the Chedotal family that owns the mausoleum was here for the exhumation, refused to answer questions, saying “No comment” when asked where Antonio Garza’s body is.
If we can’t find him, tell us we can't so we can have closure,” said George Garza.
“Let us know, let us have closure on this,” said Linda Garza..
The Garzas now believe Restlawn Park Cemetery has lost their father's body and coffin. Calls to the owners and their attorney requesting comment were not returned.
The cemetery never requested permission to move the father's body into another coffin as the law requires.
AVONDALE, La. -- Members of the Garza family gathered a distance away as their mother Sadie's casket was removed from a vault at the Restlawn Park Cemtery and Mausoleum in Avondale. They were there for an exhumation, to see if the operators of the cemetery had placed their father Antonio's body in the coffin with their mother.
“It's just very gruesome seeing and watching everything. And it's just very sad,” said daughter Linda Garza.
For close to half an hour, workers banged on the coffin and used a crowbar to try to pry it open, as the family watched, waited and cringed.
“I'm devastated, I'm hurt,” said Linda.
“You cannot believe the anxiety and the suffering this family is going through because of what we're doing right now,” said Mike Ellise, the family’s attorney.
The exhumation follows the family's attempt last month to have their parents' coffins placed in the same vault so they could be together in death as Sadie and Antonio Garza had requested.
The law says a mausoleum vault has to stay sealed for one year after a coffin's placed inside. So when Antonio Garza died just two months after his wife 14 years ago, the family had to place his body in separate vault. But when the Garzas came out to see their parents placed in the same vault, they discovered that the casket the cemetery claimed was their father's wasn't his at all.
“My father's casket was gray, not blue. And my father's casket did not have prayer hands on it, which this one did,” said George Garza.
In fact, the casket looked new, with bright paint and glittering chrome.
Within days the Garzas say a source close to the Chedotal family, which runs the cemetery, confirmed that was not their father's coffin. And the source said the cemetery believes his body had been moved into the coffin with their mother.
“My hope was to really know that my father was in there, so we could put this to rest,” said Linda Garza.
But when they finally pried open the lid and the pathologist the family hired to examine the remains got a chance to look inside, the family got more bad news.
“There’s only one body in it, as proven by the forensic people that we had on site,” said George Garza.
“It's got us angry, it's got us hurt,” said Linda Garza. “Our emotions are so mixed up we're in shock even that this even had to happen, that they had to reopen my mother.”
“Very upsetting, mainly seeing my mother going through this, and that was my grandma. I loved her very much. I was 16 when she passed,” said sherry aguilar, a granddaughter.
The family's attorney says this whole thing is just a sham.
“They couldn't find the body. I think that's what the bottom line is and because they couldn't find the body, they had to put on exhibition to make out as if the body was here,” said Ellise.
Members of the Garza family say it now seems clear that the operators of this mausoleum tried to pull off a hoax, using a new and empty coffin and claiming it was their father's when the Garzas tried to have their mother's and father's casket placed in the same vault. The Garzas are left wondering why cemetery would do it.
They took the money. For that and knowing that they didn't know where the body was, pulled the hoax, putting a casket that was not him there,” said George Graza.
Harold Chedotal, a brother of the Chedotal family that owns the mausoleum was here for the exhumation, refused to answer questions, saying “No comment” when asked where Antonio Garza’s body is.
If we can’t find him, tell us we can't so we can have closure,” said George Garza.
“Let us know, let us have closure on this,” said Linda Garza..
The Garzas now believe Restlawn Park Cemetery has lost their father's body and coffin. Calls to the owners and their attorney requesting comment were not returned.
The cemetery never requested permission to move the father's body into another coffin as the law requires.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Closer and Closer to Home
Below I have copied an article from The Times Picayune. A 26 year old man was shot in Hahnville, LA over an apparent drug deal gone bad. I don't know about anyone else, but this is getting a little too close to home for me. This happened in broad daylight. What if someone was going home from work and got caught by a bullet, or got hit by this animal driving erratically trying to get away? The crime is ridiculous and senseless. It's not just New Orleans anymore, it's everywhere.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
By Matt Scallan
A Hahnville man who was shot and killed Monday afternoon was participating in a drug rip-off of 2 ounces of marijuana with a street value of about $300 or $400, according to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office.
Edd Raymond, 26, who has addresses in Hahnville and Boutte, was shot several times, including once in the head, Monday afternoon. Police say he helped steal the marijuana from a drug dealer who had driven from New Orleans to Hahnville to make the sale.
Raymond's death is the fourth homicide in St. Charles Parish this year.
The suspected dealer, Harry Carraby, broke into an apartment at 172 Keller St. to retrieve the drugs, which had been stolen from his truck, Sheriff Greg Champagne said Tuesday.
Raymond and Jy'Vohn Harris and Dejae Smith, both 19-year-old Hahnville residents, stole 2 ounces of marijuana from Carraby, Champagne said.
Harris is in custody, and Smith is wanted on charges of attempted first-degree murder -- in connection with shots fired at Carraby as he fled -- principal to homicide and robbery.
"These were three guys who apparently wanted to buy weed, and decided to steal it instead of paying for it," Champagne said.
Deputies initially booked Harris, who lives in the apartment where Raymond was killed, with armed robbery. They later booked him with simple escape after he tried to flee deputies while using the restroom in the office where he was being interrogated, according to authorities.
Carraby, 28, of 1805 Peniston St., New Orleans, was arrested shortly after the shooting after trying to flee the area, police say.
Carraby was booked with murder in connection with Raymond's death.
Champagne said Carraby went to the Keller Street complex and arranged to meet one of the men in the backyard of the apartment to finalize the transaction. Meanwhile, another man went out to Carraby's white Ford F-150 pickup truck and stole the marijuana. When Carraby discovered the theft, police say, he broke into the apartment through the back window and shot Raymond during a confrontation in which he retrieved the drugs and fled, under fire from at least one of the two survivors.
Deputies discovered bullet holes in the truck when Carraby was captured.
Maj. Sam Zinna, chief of investigations, praised residents in the area who quickly called police once the shooting began.
"We had several calls while this was going on," Zinna said. "One lady called because (Carraby) was driving recklessly on River Road."
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
By Matt Scallan
A Hahnville man who was shot and killed Monday afternoon was participating in a drug rip-off of 2 ounces of marijuana with a street value of about $300 or $400, according to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office.
Edd Raymond, 26, who has addresses in Hahnville and Boutte, was shot several times, including once in the head, Monday afternoon. Police say he helped steal the marijuana from a drug dealer who had driven from New Orleans to Hahnville to make the sale.
Raymond's death is the fourth homicide in St. Charles Parish this year.
The suspected dealer, Harry Carraby, broke into an apartment at 172 Keller St. to retrieve the drugs, which had been stolen from his truck, Sheriff Greg Champagne said Tuesday.
Raymond and Jy'Vohn Harris and Dejae Smith, both 19-year-old Hahnville residents, stole 2 ounces of marijuana from Carraby, Champagne said.
Harris is in custody, and Smith is wanted on charges of attempted first-degree murder -- in connection with shots fired at Carraby as he fled -- principal to homicide and robbery.
"These were three guys who apparently wanted to buy weed, and decided to steal it instead of paying for it," Champagne said.
Deputies initially booked Harris, who lives in the apartment where Raymond was killed, with armed robbery. They later booked him with simple escape after he tried to flee deputies while using the restroom in the office where he was being interrogated, according to authorities.
Carraby, 28, of 1805 Peniston St., New Orleans, was arrested shortly after the shooting after trying to flee the area, police say.
Carraby was booked with murder in connection with Raymond's death.
Champagne said Carraby went to the Keller Street complex and arranged to meet one of the men in the backyard of the apartment to finalize the transaction. Meanwhile, another man went out to Carraby's white Ford F-150 pickup truck and stole the marijuana. When Carraby discovered the theft, police say, he broke into the apartment through the back window and shot Raymond during a confrontation in which he retrieved the drugs and fled, under fire from at least one of the two survivors.
Deputies discovered bullet holes in the truck when Carraby was captured.
Maj. Sam Zinna, chief of investigations, praised residents in the area who quickly called police once the shooting began.
"We had several calls while this was going on," Zinna said. "One lady called because (Carraby) was driving recklessly on River Road."
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