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A Delcambre man is in custody and has been charged with multiple sex crimes against a juvenile in Lafayette Parish, officials said.
Reni James Landry, 37, turned himself in Monday after an investigation by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office led to warrants for his arrest.
He faces two counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile, three counts of first degree rape, sexual battery under 13 and five counts of sexual battery and oral sexual battery.
Landry is being held in the Lafayette Parish jail on a $1.75 million bond.

ERATH — Erath City Council meeting turned a little heated when a volunteer fireman stormed out yelling and pointing his finger at the city council and mayor, and at the same time allegedly threatened an 80-year-old audience member. 
Last Monday, Stanley Norris went to the Erath Police Station and filed charges against James Howard, a part-time worker for Erath. He is also a part-time paid city fireman.
Norris filed simple assault charges against Howard for what Howard allegedly told him at a recent Erath City Council meeting.

Earlier this month, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry scrapped a $3 billion coastal restoration plan that the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill was going to help pay for. That $3 billion cancellation could be good news to Vermilion and Cameron parishes. 
The plan was called the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.
Originally planned as a large-scale restoration project, the sediment diversion was devised to reconnect the Mississippi River to the Barataria Basin, with the intent to rebuild marshes in Plaquemine Parish.