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According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the following arrest for narcotics related offenses within the parish.
On Aug. 7, after a lengthy investigation, agents were able to seize a large amount of various narcotics as well as a firearm from Fabian Mitchell, (Date of birth: 7-23-1982).  Mitchell was placed under arrest without incident after attempting to discard the narcotics and the firearm.  Mitchell was charged with the following offenses:
• Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon

Deputies with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office have booked an Abbeville man on multiple charges related to a shooting last month.
Darious Javon Lavine, 24, faces a list of charges, including attempted second-degree murder
According to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, on July 26, deputies with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a local hospital regarding a shooting.

“It’s like a cross between dog food and burnt pizza,” said one attendee of the smell permeating the hot July air at Omega Protein, a sustainable menhaden processing plant near Abbeville.
He was part of a group of 4-H youths participating in Marsh Maneuvers.
For more than 30 years, LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant coastal specialist Mark Shirley has been leading the five-day camp, which teaches Louisiana students about the importance of marsh and coastal environments. It’s split into four-week groupings every July.