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According to Sheriff Eddie Langlinais, on Jan. 2, 2025, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force executed an active Felony Narcotics Conspiracy arrest warrant and arrested Kelsey Braxton, 36, for narcotics related offenses within Vermilion Parish.
Agents continued the investigation involving Braxton while on scene at 321 Graceland Avenue and obtained additional probable cause to apply for several more search warrants for the residence as well as vehicles on the property.

One man perished in a fire that consumed a home Thursday morning in Abbeville.
The blaze also claimed the lives of more than a dozen dogs.
Abbeville Fire Chief Jude Mire said his department received the call of smoke in the area around John Hardy Drive and Charity Street around 8:30 a.m.
“It was totally engulfed when we arrived on scene,” Mire said. “It didn’t take long for it to go up.’’

A National Guard soldier in Georgia is facing murder charges after allegedly shooting and killing a man he found with the mother of his child.
Natravien Landry, 25, of Abbeville, an Army National Guard soldier assigned to the 1148th Transportation Company at Fort Eisenhower, is charged with one count of murder, Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, said in a statement.
The victim was identified by Fort Eisenhower as U.S. Army Sgt. Andre S. Stewart Jr., Stars and Stripes, WRDW, and The Augusta Press report.