Lafayette Superintendent Francis Touche is a former teacher and principal in Vermilion Parish.
This story was first reported by The Current and republished with permission.
Written By Leslie Turk
The Current
Brent Indest is returning to Abbeville.
Geauxpreps first broke the story that Brent Indest is the new head football coach at Abbeville High.
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by William Weathers // GeauxPreps.com Contributor
Gavin Garnica suffered a black eye caused by the car accident on i-10 last week, during a high speed chase.
Alivia Garnica is alleged to have driven her brother Gavin to Houston after he escaped from the parish jail.
Each new sheriff in Vermilion Parish faces challenges like this and learns from them.
Sheriff Eddie Langlinais and his deputies are now facing tough lessons similar to those of the previous administration.
During his 20 years in office, former Sheriff Mike Couvillon had at least two prisoners escape from the correctional center.
One escape occurred in 2013, when Christopher Dyson, a trusty, climbed the fence during work duty.
In 2015, 26-year-old Carl Striggow ran away while working in the 20-acre garden.
Police arrested Gavin Garnica after he was involved in solo accident on I-10 last week.
The inmate who escaped from the Vermilion Parish Correctional Center on Dec. 3 was caught after leading police on a high-speed chase from Jennings to Rayne.
Gavin Garnica, 23, was caught Friday night in Rayne after a two-day search, according to Jennings Police Chief Danny Semmes.
Jennings police worked with Vermilion Parish and federal authorities to find Garnica on Friday.
Chief Semmes said that around 11:30 p.m. Friday, someone told a Shop Rite security guard that they were scared of the person they had picked up in their car.
On Dec. 7, shortly after 8 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash involving a pedestrian on US Highway 167 near Leblanc Road in Lafayette Parish.
The crash claimed the life of 37-year-old Ricky Verret of Maurice.
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