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According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the following arrests for narcotics related offenses within the parish.
• Daniel Trahan, (DOB: 8-30-1977 of Abbeville), was arrested in Abbeville and charged with the following:
• Possession of Schedule II, (Methamphetamine)
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
• Tricia Cortez, (DOB: 10-9-1987 of Kaplan), was arrested in Kaplan and charged with the following:

The Louisiana Department of Education released data on the 2022 LEAP Testing Assessments on Wednesday, and Vermilion Parish’s school system did well.
Vermilion Parish was once again the top district in the Acadiana Area ranking No. 7 in the state for the number of students scoring mastery or above on the statewide test. Forty-one percent of all tests taken by Vermilion Parish students in grades 3-11 scored above the state’s proficiency standards.
The parish ranked No. 1 in Acadiana.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited three men for alleged recreational fishing violations in the Gulf of Mexico in Vermilion Parish on August 5.
Agents cited Craig Hebert, 63, of Maurice, Eric Couvillion, 67, of Breaux Bridge, and Matthew Dehart, 31, of Abbeville, for taking over the limit red snapper, failing to keep saltwater finfish intact and intentional concealment of fish. Dehart was also cited for taking an undersized cobia.