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CROWLEY — The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Unit is asking for the public’s assistance with locating three fugitives.
• Gerald Wayne Arceneaux, 50, is a white male with brown hair and green eyes. He is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds.
He was last known to reside in the Rayne area.
Arceneaux is wanted for failure to provide community notifications, failure to comply with identification requirements, and failure to register as a convicted sex offender.

An early morning fire in Abbeville has left one man dead.
Members of the Abbeville Fire Department responded to a call shortly after midnight Wednesday morning. Firefighters found a mobile home at 605 Alphonse St. engulfed in flames.
“It took the guys about 20 to 25 minutes to get it under control,” Abbeville Fire Chief Jude Mire said. “There was only one person in the house.”
Officers with the Abbeville Police Department on the scene told responding firefighters that there was likely someone inside the house.

MAURICE — As the Village of Maurice moves closer to becoming the Town of Maurice, officials are continuing discussion of what the representation of the town will look like.
Maurice will exceed the threshold of at least 1,000 to be a town when the 2020 Census is finalized. Maurice had 964 residents for the ‘10 Census. That number is expected to be more than 2,000 this time around.