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An Abbeville man has been booked on multiple charges after officers reportedly found an unrestrained child, weapons and drugs in his vehicle.
Abbeville officers arrested Jordan Hunstberry after stopping him early Wednesday morning.
​On July 8, 2020 at approximately 1:30 a.m., a K9 officer of the Abbeville Police Department observed a Dodge Challenger stopped at the intersection of N. East Street and Graceland Avenue.

IBERIA PARISH – Shortly before 5:30 p.m. on July 6, 2020, Louisiana State Police Troop I was notified of a two-vehicle fatal crash on LA Hwy 14 near Leleux Road in Iberia Parish. The crash claimed the life of 53-year-old Wayne J. Touchet of New Iberia.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFM) has arrested an Erath woman for setting fire to her aunt’s vacant mobile home out of anger over plans to rent it out.
Nikita Bourque, 21, was booked into the Vermilion Parish Jail on one count of Simple Arson.
In the evening hours of Friday, July 3, the Erath Fire Department responded to a call for a residential fire in the 200 block of North Broussard Street. The mobile home was vacant and had no utilities connected.
After an assessment of the scene, deputies determined the fire originated in a bedroom and was intentionally set.