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According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, two arrests have been made as a result of an investigation into the Thefts of Catalytic Converters.
On Aug. 16, after a week-long investigation, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division gathered enough information to obtain warrants and arrested:
Benjamin Richard, 36, charged with 3 counts of Felony Theft and 2 counts of Felony Criminal Damage to Property. Bond set at $17,500.

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:

A half-century ago, a new school emerged and changed the face of Erath’s educational system. On August 29, 1972, Dozier Elementary opened its doors with a new, caring, and motivated staff as the community’s feeder school for all students in grades 1, 2, and 3.
Before this time, Erath High was housing grades 1-12. It was decided in 1971, that the original brick RF Dozier structure built in 1954 and closed in 1968 due to integration would be utilized again.