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The Task Force located alleged bags of meth on one of the suspects arrested.

Vermilion Task Force make multiple arrests

Thu, 03/07/2019 - 9:11am

According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the following arrests in Abbeville, Maurice and Gueydan for narcotics related offenses within the parish.
• On 2-26-2019, Lindsey Willis, (Date of birth: 5-28-1986 of Kaplan), was arrested in Kaplan for Possession of Schedule II, (Methamphetamine), and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

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Abbeville Police respond to ‘shots fired’

Thu, 03/07/2019 - 8:54am

On Mardi Gras night, at 10:24 p.m. officers of the Abbeville Police Department responded to a “shots fired” call at the intersection of Graceland Avenue and N. State Street.
Officers located a vehicle with three occupants, who advised that while they were stopped for the stop sign at the intersection of Graceland Avenue and N. State Street, the occupants began hearing shots being fired and glass breaking on the vehicle.

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John Greene

Kaplan man Arrested in Crash that Causes Multiple Injuries

Mon, 03/04/2019 - 8:34am

At approximately 10:30 pm on March 2, 2019, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a two vehicle crash on US Hwy 167 at LA Hwy 696 in Vermilion Parish.
Multiple people were injured in the crash, and 67-year-old John Greene of Kaplan was arrested as a result.

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Traffic stops leads to narcotics arrests in Abbeville

Thu, 02/28/2019 - 10:07am

Officers of the Abbeville Police Department patrol division and K9 division were able to make two narcotics arrests off of traffic stops arrests overnight within two hours of each other in the overnight hours of February 27, 2019.

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Pictured from left to right: Jim Russo, Neil Simon(band director), Madison Richard, Jayden Menard, Jeffrey Fluman(winner), Allison Meaux, Ashleigh Fluman, Sarah Fluman, Bailey Miller, and Natalie Garcia.

Dash at Robie’s helps North Vermilion band

Thu, 02/28/2019 - 9:36am

Every year the North Vermilion High School Band has a raffle with the Grand Prize being a 90-second supermarket dash through Robie's Food Center in Abbeville.
This year’s dash took place on Tuesday, Feb. 26. The winner was Jeffrey Fluman. Robie's donated $100 gift certificate towards meat to the winner for the sweep.
Representatives of the NV band thanked Jim Russo and Robie’s being so gracious the last few years in helping with this project by allowing us to set up tables to sell tickets and opening up his store to do this dash.

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Vermilion Task Force make multiple arrests

Abbeville Police respond to ‘shots fired’

Kaplan man Arrested in Crash that Causes Multiple Injuries

Traffic stops leads to narcotics arrests in Abbeville

Dash at Robie’s helps North Vermilion band

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