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After a three-week investigation of a bomb threat at Abbeville High School, the Abbeville Police arrested an Erath teen for allegedly making the threats.
The police department did not release the teen’s name because he is a minor.
Much teamwork went into finding the person who allegedly made the bomb threats.
With assistance from the Abbeville Police Department Patrol Division, Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Investigations Division, Erath Police, as well as Abbeville and Erath high schools, the suspect was identified.
“I am tired of people calling in bomb threats,” said Abbeville Police Chief Mike Hardy. “I want people to know we are going to track you down and arrest you.”
On Sept. 4, at 8:52 p.m., the Abbeville Police Department Patrol Division took a phone complaint from an anonymous male subject advising that he would bomb Abbeville High School on Sept. 5 at around 9 a.m.
The male subject explained that he was a 16-year-old student who attended Abbeville High and was bullied in school and online. The male subject refused to give any further information.
At approximately 9:02 p.m., the male subject called the police department, stating that the previous threat of blowing up the school was not a joke and should be taken seriously.
The caller further explained that he had a book sack full of bombs, enough to blow up the whole school.
The caller said he knew officers would evacuate the school or cancel school, but he would still go through with his plan.
The caller’s voice was low, deep, and had an accent. It was also apparent that the caller was using a voice-changing/distorting app.
It was later determined that the subject used a text now/text-free app to generate non-traceable numbers.
Through the investigation, detectives could subpoena records from the company that runs the before-mentioned apps and obtain IP addresses.
Once the IP addresses were obtained, it was determined that the most-used IP address was a Cox internet/Wi-Fi user.
Records from Cox were subpoenaed and obtained, giving a specific address.
The subject’s electronic devices were obtained as evidence, and charges are being filed within the jurisdiction of the Abbeville Police Department. There is a possibility of other charges in other jurisdictions as well.

The Vermilion Catholic Eagles climbed a spot to No. 2 in the latest Class A high school football poll conducted by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
VC beat Erath 38-14 this past week to remain unbeaten at 4-0.
The Eagles are the lone Vermilion Parish football team receiving votes in the statewide poll of a panel of LSWA members.
Vermilion Catholic opens District 7-A play on Friday at home against Highland Baptist.

LSWA Statewide Prep Football Polls
Class 5A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
School (1st) Rec
1. John Curtis (9) 3-0 149 1
2. Edna Karr (4) 4-0 143 2
3. Destrehan 4-0 131 3
4. Zachary 3-0 116 4
5. Ruston 4-0 111 5
6. Carencro 4-0 85 6
7. West Monroe 4-0 61 8
8. Acadiana 3-1 59 9
9. Airline 4-0 43 NR
10. East St. John 4-0 35 NR

Others receiving votes: St. Augustine 30, Catholic-Baton Rouge 27, Brother Martin 9, Southside 8, Dutchtown 4, Sam Houston 3, Holy Cross 3, Parkway 1.

Class 4A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. St. Thomas More (13) 4-0 156 1
2. Neville 4-0 136 3
3. Lafayette Christian 3-1 130 2
4. Westgate 4-0 121 4
5. North DeSoto 3-1 95 6
6. Warren Easton 1-3 88 5
7. Lutcher 2-1 73 7
8. West Feliciana 3-1 64 8
9. Teurlings Catholic 3-1 57 9
10. Archbishop Shaw 2-2 21 NR

Others receiving votes: Cecilia 19, Tioga 17, Evangel Christian 14, Opelousas 9, Franklin Parish 7, Plaquemine 5, Morgan City 1, Vandebilt Catholic 1.

Class 3A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. University (10) 3-1 153 1
2. E.D. White (3) 4-0 138 3
3. St. James 3-1 134 2
4. Sterlington 3-1 120 4
5. Jena 4-0 91 6
6. Union Parish 2-2 83 7
7. Parkview Baptist 3-1 80 8
8. Madison Prep 2-2 50 5
9. John F. Kennedy 3-1 47 9
10. St. Louis 3-1 39 10

Others receiving votes: Amite 24, Wossman 11, Iota 10, North Webster 7, Bogalusa 6, Lake Charles Prep 6, Bunkie 4, Carroll 4, Pine 3, South Beauregard 1.

Class 2A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. Calvary Baptist (9) 4-0 152 1
2. St. Charles (4) 4-0 147 2
3. Newman 4-0 129 3
4. Dunham 3-1 110 5
5. Oak Grove 2-2 101 6
6. Notre Dame 2-2 91 4
7. Episcopal-Baton Rouge 3-1 69 8
8. Northlake Christian 4-0 52 9
9. Many 2-2 48 7
10. Loreauville 3-1 43 10

Others receiving votes: Catholic-New Iberia 39, Oakdale 26, Ascension Episcopal 3, South Plaquemine 3.

Class A
School (1st) Rec Pts Pvs
1. Ouachita Christian (13) 4-0 157 1
2. Vermilion Catholic 4-0 142 3
3. Southern Lab 2-1 122 4
4. Homer 3-1 108 5
5. Kentwood 3-1 106 2
6. St. Martin’s 3-0 86 6
7. Riverside Academy 3-1 82 7
8. Haynesville 4-0 77 8
9. St. Mary’s 4-0 52 10
10. Ascension Catholic 3-1 39 9

Others receiving votes: Logansport 31, Glenbrook Academy 9, Jeanerette 6, St. Frederick 6, White Castle 2, Centerville 1.

The Abbeville High Wildcats would like to be able to throw the ball as well as run it on offense, but with the way its offensive line dominated a young Beau Chene team for homecoming this past Friday, AHS head coach Roderick Moy was pleased to see the way his team imposed its will on the game.
“We went out and made a statement about what we want to be,” Moy said after his team’s 36-7 win over the Gators. “I keep saying every week we’re going to have to throw the ball — somebody’s going to make us throw the ball — and we do want to e as multiple as we possibly can be, but at the same time, I’m glad we were able to impose our will and weren’t forced to do anything we didn’t really want to.”
The Wildcats rushed for 350 yards and only passed once, with six players getting carries and five of them scoring touchdowns. Three players ran for at least 85 yards — Edmar Simon III (87 yards on six runs), Tazavian Andrews (95 yards, 11 carries) and Justin Montgomery (15 runs, 115 yards).
The Wildcats are also benefiting from the weekly improvements that sophomore quarterback Da’Zavien Maze is making.
“Da’Zavien Maze is really starting to read that option very well,” Moy said. “He pulled that thing out of there when nobody else was expecting it and scored a touchdown last week. I’m very pleased that he’s getting better every week in that position.”
But it all began up front for Abbeville.
“The offensive line on that side of the ball (played very well),” Moy said. “I was very impressed with our linebackers. A lot of that has to do with the defensive line keeping them clean, but those two guys, who are new to that position for us — Zaylun Williams and Tyrin Doucette — are coming into their own, and they’re making us a lot better with their play in that position. We’re much improved right there over the first two weeks of the season.”
Abbeville gets an early game in this week, traveling to face West St. Mary on Thursday.
“Athletic guys on the perimeter, they have some good size to where they’re going to throw four or five jump balls up there and we’re going to have to be in position to stop that,” Moy said in describing the Wolfpack. “We’re going to try to negate their speed with our power and see which one wins.”
The Wildcats will again look to control the ball on offense to keep WSM’s offense off the field.
“Our best defense is going to be a ball-control offense to limit their opportunities and limit their explosive plays,” Moy said. “If their offense isn’t on the field, they can’t score.”
The defense is a mirror of the offense, Moy said.
“Tall, athletic, lean guys, that can really run,” he said. “They can really cover sideline to sideline, so we’re not going to have any secrets. We’re going to go right at them and try to impose our will with power football.”
Moy said that so far this week his team has done a good job preparing for an earlier game.
“We had a really, really good practice (Monday) trying to build two days into one, because we’re going to lose a day on Wednesday that was normally a longer day for us,” he said. “But the kids came out very focused. We had a very good practice, a little longer than usual, but the kids were very focused and I was very pleased with our preparation.
“It’s a short week for them, too, so I think we’ll be ready come Thursday night.”

The second half of the season starts this week for the Vermilion Catholic Eagles, and winning a district title still means a lot to the program in an age of expanded playoffs with separate select and non-select divisions.
VC plays the first of six straight District 7-A games at home on Friday, taking on the Highland Baptist Bears.
“We’re going into our second half of the season with district games from here on out, and that’s important to us,” Vermilion Catholic head coach Broc Prejean said. “We want to try to defend our title as district champs, and that starts with Highland, and it’s just going to continue to be that same monotonous message of play complimentary football. Three phases have to pick each other up, and all three phases have to know what they’re doing. When we do that, we’ve proven that we can play some quality football.”
Prejean said that as long as there are districts in the state, coaches want to make sure their teams stay at the top of their districts.
“It’s a big thing for our kids,” he said. “We value it immensely. It’s something that we talk about. When the playoffs get here, the playoffs get here. But right now our attention is on winning a district title, and that’s what we’re going to focus on.”
Prejean said the Bears’ 0-4 record isn’t great right now, but coach Rick Hutson will put his team in position to be competitive, and the Eagles will have to show up and execute, he said.
“Coach Hutson does a great job,” Prejean said. “I’ve known Coach Hutson for a while now. I believe he told me this is his 40th year coaching, so you’ve got a whole lot of experience on that sideline.”
The Eagles held a powerful Erath offense to two first-half touchdowns in a 38-14 win.
Prejean said the entire defense did a great job.
“Credit to the coaching staff for putting together a great gameplan, and even more credit to the kids for executing that gameplan,” Prejean said. “The first quarter was tough. The first half was tough, with the rain starting in the second quarter. But our guys didn’t flinch, and they continued to trust what we’re asking them to do, so we were able to pull away late. It was a big win, a great win, against a really formidable team in the Bobcats, and we’re really pleased with it.”
Prejean said defensive coordinator Brett Blakey and the defensive coaches did a good job of adjusting to what Erath was doing.
“I think it was the most complete defensive performance we’ve had this year,” Prejean said.
On offense, quarterback Jonathan Dartez did a good job of taking what was there.
“I thought Tyjh (Williams) got rolling again, and that’s a credit to our offensive line and wide receivers blocking,” Prejean said. “And we made some big catches when we had to, so we’re playing a little more like we want to play. We’re spreading the ball around and being a little more of a spread team.”
The offensive line’s play has been marked by that group focusing on its mission.
“They’re playing really, really strong assignment football,” Prejean said. “That’s the tough thing when you have an inexperienced group is are they going to have the answers to the test when people start changing things around in front of them, and we’ve been very pleased with how well they’ve been able to make their own adjustments in game. At that point we just ask them to execute as hard as they can, and we really have no complaints so far.”
The Eagles will mark the 70th anniversary of the 1953 Mt. Carmel “Iron Dozen” football team, along with the 1954 Mt. Carmel team, and will honor members of the 2003 and 2013 Vermilion Catholic state championship football teams on the 20th and 10th anniversaries of those titles, respectively.
“I’m super excited about our kids getting the opportunity to see the legacies and traditions of former teams that have done some pretty special things,” Prejean said. “Starting with the first team in ’53 and ’54, to the 2003 and 2013 state champions. Those things happen as a product of work and sacrifice and years of kids building themselves to that point, so we’re definitely going to make sure our young men take note of that.”