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SLP Sheriff’s Dept. Arrest Report 05-23-2025

May 24, 2025
May 23, 2025 Jimmy Gros Jr., W/M, age 32, 637 Latanier Street, Krotz Springs, LA 70750, Disturbing the peace by fighting, simplebattery, simple criminal damage to property, Hit & Run. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.Jimmy Joseph Gros Sr., W/M, age 54, 279 Bayou Drive, Port Barre, LA 70577, Disturbing the peace / simple assault,simple battery, simple criminal damage to property, Hit & Run. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.Ryan Keith Gabriel, B/M, age 27, 111 Veterans Drive, Opelousas, LA 70570, Domestic abuse aggravated assault, domesticabuse battery. Arrested by Opelousas Police Department.Joseph Glen Robin, W/M, age 63, 2529 Highway 347, Leonville, LA 70551, Bench warrant. Arrested by St. Landry ParishSheriff’s Office.Kenneth Maraine Johnson, B/M, age 30, 2611 Highway 3043, Opelousas, LA 70570, Possession of stolen things. Arrestedby St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.Deszani Arie Powell, B/F, age 22, 379 Annointing Drive, Opelousas, LA 70570, Bench warrant, domestic abuse battery,interfering…
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Jury Selection For June 2025

May 23, 2025
Jury Selection dates are as follows: Judge James Doherty-June 9, 2025-Cancelled Judge Gregory Doucet-June 16, 2025 Petit Judge D. Jason Meche-June 10, 2025 Civil Judge Gregory Doucet-June 23, 2025 Petit Judge Laura Garcille-June 23, 2025 Petit Jessica Sandoz Deputy Clerk of Court St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court 118 S. Court Street, Ste. 121 P.O. Box 750 Opelousas, LA  70571 (337) 942-5606 Ext. 140 - Phone (337) 948-1653 - Facsimile
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SLP Sheriff’s Dept. Arrest Report 05-23-2025

May 23, 2025
May 23, 2025 Jimmy Gros Jr., W/M, age 32, 637 Latanier Street, Krotz Springs, LA 70750, Disturbing the peace by fighting, simplebattery, simple criminal damage to property, Hit & Run. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.Jimmy Joseph Gros Sr., W/M, age 54, 279 Bayou Drive, Port Barre, LA 70577, Disturbing the peace / simple assault,simple battery, simple criminal damage to property, Hit & Run. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.Ryan Keith Gabriel, B/M, age 27, 111 Veterans Drive, Opelousas, LA 70570, Domestic abuse aggravated assault, domesticabuse battery. Arrested by Opelousas Police Department.Joseph Glen Robin, W/M, age 63, 2529 Highway 347, Leonville, LA 70551, Bench warrant. Arrested by St. Landry ParishSheriff’s Office.Kenneth Maraine Johnson, B/M, age 30, 2611 Highway 3043, Opelousas, LA 70570, Possession of stolen things. Arrestedby St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.Deszani Arie Powell, B/F, age 22, 379 Annointing Drive, Opelousas, LA 70570, Bench warrant, domestic abuse battery,interfering…
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Tax Decision Moves Forward

May 23, 2025
Tax Decision Moves Forward BOBBY ARDOIN St. Landry Now.com Editor Now it’s up to the voters. The Opelousas Board of Aldermen approved a resolution on Thursday night which allows the city to proceed with an Aug.16 special election that decides whether the city can collect a 1-cent sales tax for another 50 years. Five of the six elected members on the Board voted to hold the election. District B alderwoman Delita Broussard voted “no.” During a public hearing, Broussard said her vote against was based on the sentiments of her constituents. The current 1-cent tax is scheduled to expire May 31. The expiration of the current tax requires the Board to take action on applying to the State Bond Commission in order to hold a new election and collect the same amount of sales tax. If the tax proposition receives voters’ consent, it becomes effective Oct. 1, said City Attorney Travis Broussard.…
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SLP Sheriff’s Dept. Arrest Report 05-22-2025

May 23, 2025
May 22, 2025 Demarcus Lawan Green, B/M, age 23, 1702 E Lafayette Street, Abbeville, LA 70510, Bench warrant. Arrested by St.Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.Jordan Lee Lueck, W/M, age 19, 117 Tessa Drive, Scott, LA 70583, Telephone communications; improper language;harassment. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.This is Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, and this concludes our report. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guiltyin a court of law.
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Former Opelousas Resident Remembers George Wendt

May 21, 2025
Former Opelousas Resident                 Remembers George Wendt BOBBY ARDOIN St. Landry Now.com Editor Robert Voitier, a former St. Landry Parish assistant district attorney and Opelousas resident, recalls that George Wendt, who played “Norm,” the affable and popular barstool character during an 11-year run of the popular Cheers sitcom, displayed an identical personality in real life. “(Wendt) was really just a great guy to know. The character you saw (on Cheers) was absolutely perfect if you want to describe how he really was,” Voitier said on Tuesday after it was announced by family members that Wendt, 76, had died earlier that morning. The death of Wendt, was somewhat personal for Voitier, who now lives in Broussard. Voitier first met Wendt nearly 60 years ago, when the two lived close together in the same wing of a University of Notre Dame on-campus freshman dormitory. Wendt, Voitier recalled, arrived at Notre Dame in South Bend with…
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It’s Now A New Sales Tax

May 21, 2025
 It’s Now A New Sales Tax BOBBY ARDOIN St. Landry Now.com Editor The citywide 1-cent sales tax election that will presumably be placed before voters Aug. 16 is no longer being identified as a renewal, because the existing tax expires in 12 days. According to the agenda published by the city administration on Monday, the proposed sales tax is described as a “new tax,” which if approved, will be collected for the next 50 years. The current 1-cent sales tax, first passed in 1975, is set to expire May 31 after no action by either the city administration or the Board of Aldermen was taken to call a renewal election. The Board of Aldermen is scheduled to vote on whether to proceed with the August election proposition and other issues involving the sales tax during a Thursday at City Hall meeting starting at 5 pm. Also the published meeting agenda shows that…
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SLP Sheriff’s Dept. Arrest Report 05-21-2025

May 21, 2025
May21, 2025 Elliot Taylor, W/M, age 22, 1122 Northportage, Arnaudville, LA 70512, Threatening a public official. Arrested byArnaudville Police Department.Bryland Lemar Babineaux, B/M, age 28,318 Park Ave, Opelousas, LA 70570, Bench warrant. Arrested by St. LandryParish Sheriff’s Office.Erin Kaye Vidrine, W/F, age 48, Homeless, LA 70589, Injuring public records, theft of a motor vehicle. Arrested by St.Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.Devante Jamal Benjamin, B/M, age 27, 1120 N Railroad Ave, Opelousas, LA 70570, Resisting an officer, possession withintent to distribute Schedule II CDS, transactions involving proceeds from drug offenses. Arrested by St. Landry ParishSheriff’s Office.Steven Michael Shauer, W/M, age 41, 10519 Staggering Creek, San Antonio, TX 78254, Bench warrant. Arrested by St.Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.Michael Wayne Cobb, W/M, age 43, 640 Gina Street, Rayne, LA 70578, Theft, simple criminal damage to property.Arrested by Sunset Police Department.This is Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, and this concludes our report. All persons are presumed innocent…
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Poet Laureate At Opelousas Museum

May 21, 2025
Poet Laureate of Louisiana Lifelines Workshop WHAT:            Lifelines Writing Workshop with Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin WHEN:            Saturday, June 7, 2025 TIME:               Noon to 2:30 WHERE:           Opelousas Museum CONTACT:       Patrice Melnick 337-948-2589; museum@cityofopelousas.com Meet and write with Alison Pelegrin, Poet Laureate of Louisiana.  This presentation is part of the Lifelines Poetry Project. This workshop is a welcoming space for all.  Participants will read, discuss, and write poems using the same prompts that Louisiana Poet Laureate Alison Pelegrin has used with incarcerated writers as part of her Lifelines Poetry Project initiative during which she has led poetry workshops in Louisiana prisons and communities to emphasize our shared humanity. Refreshments will be served.  ABOUT ALISON PELEGRIN Covington resident Alison Pelegrin is the author of  Our Lady of Bewilderment (LSU Press 2022), as well as  Waterlines (LSU 2016), Hurricane Party (U Akron 2011) and Big Muddy River of Stars, winner of the 2006 Akron Poetry Prize. Her chapbook Our Lady of  the…
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LeBlanc Is Honoree

May 20, 2025
 LeBlanc Is Honoree BOBBY ARDOIN St. Landry Now.com Editor St. Landry Parish Sheriff Capt. Crystal LeBlanc was a designated honoree saluting Christen Women of Distinction last Saturday during a High Tea Ceremony held at the Bayou DeSiard Country Club in Monroe. The two-hour event, according to a press release, acknowledged women who are capable of bringing faith-based solutions to modern-day challenges. State Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews issued a commendation saluting the event which was attended by other state elected officials and U.S. Congresswoman Julia Letlow, whose election district includes Monroe. State lawmakers who attended the event were State Senator Rick Edmond, Jackson-Andrews and State Representative Pat Moore. Also honored at the event was Letitia Payton, who was recognized for her TentMakers of Louisiana podcast that highlights sexual abuse victims.

 

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