Sheriff gives update on St. Landry Parish Street Crime Unit
Drugs and 17 weapons seized in last 30 days
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and last updated 2021-04-22 12:39:16-04
St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz gave an update on Thursday, April 22, on the efforts of the newly formed Street Crime Unit.
Guidroz said that over the last 30 days, the team has removed 17 weapons along with illegal narcotics from St. Landry Parish streets.
Those weapons included 1 revolver, 1 shotgun, and 15 semiautomatic weapons.
The sheriff s office says that in one case, on April 14, the team conducted a traffic stop on Laurel Ave. in the city of Eunice.
According to Guidroz, a search of the vehicle yielded twenty one bags of prepackaged Marijuana, pods of THC Oil, a digital scale, one (1) box of clear sandwich bags, and a Ruger 9mm firearm.
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There were severe thunderstorms that rolled through Acadiana this morning, and one person has died.
While it has yet to be confirmed from any weather source, the storm damage witnessed by many this morning appears to be tornadic in nature. In fact, St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says a tornado hit Palmetto.
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Several people were also taken to area hospitals as a result of heavy storms and winds that ripped through the area in the early morning hours Saturday.
Several homes and other buildings were destroyed by the winds that came through that section of Acadiana.
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and last updated 2021-04-06 05:00:47-04
Louisianaâs Habitual Offender law has condemned thousands of Louisianans to life imprisonment for minor offenses, helping make Louisiana the world leader for incarceration.
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âIf the state legislature passes laws regarding habitual offenders we need to use that law to protect our citizens,â said St. Landry Parish Sheriff, Bobby Guidroz.
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