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A Lafayette Parish Correctional deputy is on leave and was arrested after the sheriffs office said he brought drugs into the jail.

Officials with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office say they have arrested a deputy who works in the jail.

A Lafayette man was injured Friday in a failed attempt to escape from the parish jail downtown, according to the Lafayette Parish Sheriffs Office.

A Lafayette man was injured Friday in a failed attempt to escape from the parish jail downtown, according to the Lafayette Parish Sheriffs Office.

Guillory has broadly denied wrongdoing in interviews addressing his outside employment and use of the dignitary detail but did not respond to requests for comment.

Guillory has broadly denied wrongdoing in interviews addressing his outside employment and use of the dignitary detail but did not respond to requests for comment.

UPDATE: According to LPSO Spokesperson Valerie Ponseti, there is no hostage situation near UL Lafayette. Police units were in the area to conduct a search warrant.

Deputies are working to recover a vehicle that crashed into Coulee Ile des Cannes last Friday.

Alabama Murder Suspect Arrested in Lafayette Federal marshals and the Lafayette Parish Sheriffs SWAT Unit have arrested two federal fugitives, including a capital murder suspect wanted in Chambers County, Alabama. According to LPSO Captain John Mowell, deputies executed a search warrant at a home on Lagneaux Road near Freda Lane just north of Ridge Road at the request of the U. S. Marshals Service Violent Offender Task Force. They executived that warrant Friday afternoon and arrested both fugit...

View Comments Plans are in the works to close the decaying parish jail in downtown Lafayette and build a new jail next to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office facility on West Willow Street.  Parish Councilman Josh Carlson confirmed the details of what’s been a quietly crafted plan alongside Councilman Kevin Naquin and Mayor-President Josh Guillorys administration in the past six months. The plan is to develop a proposal that would shutter the current jail, construct a new facility and ma...