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The Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office recovered numerous items.

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Texas man booked in connection to vehicle burglaries in Vermilion Parish

A Texas man allegedly involved in multiple vehicle burglaries is now behind bars.
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon, on Jan. 23, Tyler Burkholder, 23 , of Texas, was arrested in connection to at least nine vehicle burglaries in Vermilion Parish
Burkholder is currently incarcerated in the St. Landry Correctional Facility on charges directly linked to the vehicle burglaries in Vermilion Parish. An arrest warrant for illegal possession of stolen items in the amount of $75,000 has been issued for Burkholder and additional charges will be forthcoming.

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Michael BJ O’Bryan Jr.

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Christopher Vidalier

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Zachery Marceaux

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Gage Marceaux

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Maurice officer responds to alleged kidnapping, locates narcotics

According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the following arrests for narcotics related offenses within the parish.
A quick-thinking and responding Maurice Police Officer was able to arrest a kidnapping suspect and locate suspected narcotics and a firearm.

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Blair Menard of the Abbeville Fire Department receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

First responders in Abbeville continue to receive COVID vaccine

First responders have been among the first groups to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
In December, members of the Abbeville Fire Department and other fire departments in Vermilion Parish received their first dose of the Moderna vaccine. The vaccine requires two doses.
Members of the state’s vaccine team returned this week to administer more doses. That took place at the Abbeville Fire Department’s Main Station.

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From Left to Right: Major Ron Sonnier, Sheriff Mike Couvillon, Deputy David Trahan, Colonel Kirk Frith, Major Darryl Leblanc and Police Juror Chad Vallo District 14

Sheriff’s Office recognizes Deputy David Trahan on his retirement

Sheriff Mike Couvillon recently had the honor to recognize Deputy David Trahan for his years of service to the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Trahan said he always had a desire to work in law enforcement, and while working for South Central Bell he began that journey of a long successful career under Sheriff Ray Lemaire in 1989 as a reserve deputy.

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Vermilion Parish public schools going back to ‘face-to-face’ learning

In Superintendent Tommy Byler’s video update, he informed parents, students, and school employees that they would begin transitioning from a hybrid (A-B) schedule to full-time schedule.
For most of the school year, the high school and middle schools have been in a hybrid model, but by Feb. 5, the plan is to have the students attending full time.

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