2 months after hurricanes, Louisiana residents still hurting
Hurricane Laura roared ashore in southwestern Louisiana on Aug 27 as a Category 4 storm just south of Lake Charles. Delta also ripped off the tarps that had gone up on roofs after Laura.According to Louisiana government figures, nearly 47,000 homes were damaged by Hurricane Laura, with about 16,000 of those in need of major repairs.PTI | Lakecharles | Updated: 24-12-2020 13:36 IST | Created: 24-12-2020 13:31 IST
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As southwest Louisiana recovers from the back-to-back hurricanes that hammered the region this year, signs of progress compete with lingering evidence of mass destruction. The fallen trees that carpeted neighborhoods have mostly been chopped up and hauled away, but the roofs they devoured are still covered in blue tarps. Piles of debris still line the roads.
Prosecutors believed justice was served nearly two decades ago when Adrian Peeler was sentenced to a combined 60 years in state and federal prisons for his roles in Bridgeport’s cocaine trade and the 1999 killings of an 8-year-old murder trial witness and the boy’s mother.
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FILE - In this July 1, 2016 file photo, Russell Peeler Jr., speaks in Bridgeport Superior Court, in Bridgeport, Conn., where he was sentenced to two consecutive life terms without the possibility of release. Connecticut and federal prosecutors are fighting a proposed prison sentence reduction for Peeler, a former Bridgeport drug dealer convicted in the killing of an 8-year-old murder trial witness and the boy s mother. (Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File) January 11, 2021 - 9:02 AM
HARTFORD, Conn. - Prosecutors believed justice was served nearly two decades ago when Adrian Peeler was sentenced to a combined 60 years in state and federal prisons for his roles in Bridgeport s cocaine trade and the 1999 killings of an 8-year-old murder trial witness and the boy s mother.
Adrian Peeler, 44, was sentenced to 60 years in state and federal prison for drug dealing and the deaths of Karen Clarke, 30, and her son, Leroy B.J. Brown, eight, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Prosecutors fight sentence reduction for Adrian Peeler, convicted of killing a boy and his mother
Peeler is serving a 25-year state prison sentence for the 1999 killings of an 8-year-old murder trial witness, B.J. Brown, and the boy s mother, Karen Clarke.
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FILE - In this July 1, 2016 file photo, Russell Peeler Jr., speaks in Bridgeport Superior Court, in Bridgeport, Conn., where he was sentenced to two consecutive life terms without the possibility of release. Connecticut and federal prosecutors are fighting a proposed prison sentence reduction for Peeler, a former Bridgeport drug dealer convicted in the killing of an 8-year-old murder trial witness and the boy s mother. (Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)