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  • Former Delcambre officer found guilty of kidnapping

    December 4, 2012 10:24 AM

    ABBEVILLE - Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says a Vermilion Parish jury has found a former Delcambre police officer guilty of sexual battery and second-degree kidnapping. Caldwell said in a news release Tuesday that Friday's conviction of 53-year-old Ernest Billiot stemmed from a 2008 incident in which Billiot abused his... more »
  • Vermilion SO: 1 dead in morning helicopter crash

    October 5, 2012 2:28 PM

    ABBEVILLE, La. - The Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office says a helicopter pilot was killed in a crash shortly after taking off from a heliport in the area of Intracoastal City. A news release said the crash was reported at 8:20 a.m. Friday. The wreckage was found about a quarter... more »
  • La. sheriff sued over detention of immigrants

    September 19, 2012 4:34 PM

    ABBEVILLE - To see if detained immigrants are being locked up unlawfully for long periods of time, a civil rights group is seeking to get the Vermilion Parish sheriff to turn over documents on immigrants who've been jailed since 2009. The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit against Sheriff... more »
  • Vermilion Parish to appeal tax ruling

    February 23, 2012 7:16 AM

    ABBEVILLE - The Vermilion Parish Police Jury has voted unanimously to appeal a state court ruling that prohibits the Vermilion Hurricane Flood Protection District from imposing a parish-wide tax in the city of Abbeville. State District Judge Jules Edwards issued the ruling. The 5.7-mill tax for coastal storm protection, if... more »
  • Man charged in 12 Kaplan arsons

    February 4, 2012 4:49 PM

    KAPLAN- A man is arrested in connection to 12 fires set over the past two years in Vermilion Parish. According to State Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning a special task force led to Felician Joseph "Fish" Primeaux's arrest this morning. Primeaux is accused of setting fires to nine... more »
  • Wildlife agents searching for black bear killers

    December 10, 2010 11:16 AM

    Several black bears have been killed recently, and The Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries Enforcement agents are looking for leads to those responsible. It is illegal to kill a black bear in Louisiana. The killings have taken place from coastal bear habitat in St. Mary and Vermillion... more »
  • Coast Guard: no signs of oil leaking from platform fire

    September 3, 2010 10:39 AM

    Daybreak brought no reports of oil leaking from an offshore oil platform that erupted in flames Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said. Petty Officer Steve Lehmann in New Orleans said an 87-foot Coast Guard cutter patrolling the area has not reported any signs of leaks. A... more »
  • Gov. Jindal gives update on oil rig explosion

    September 2, 2010 1:06 PM

    Gov. Bobby Jindal says they are using lessons learned from the the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to respond to the latest incident at a Gulf Coast oil rig. An explosion this morning at an offshore rig south of Vermillion Bay started a fire on the platform, and cause all... more »
  • $90,000 in stolen equipment found in Ponchatoula

    August 20, 2010 4:37 PM

    Authorities in Vermillion Parish have arrested a New York man after recovering stolen construction equipment worth around $90,000. The arrest was part of a multi-agency investigation including the Vermillion Parish Sheriff’s Office, the National Insurance Crime Bureau and the Louisiana State Police. The investigation began with NICB was contacted by... more »
  • One dead in double shooting

    October 21, 2009 7:43 AM

    One man is dead after a shooting in Baton Rouge in the 16000 block of Vermillion Drive. Police say two men were shot, one of them died at the scene. The other victim was shot in the foot and taken to the hospital for treatment. No word on... more »

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