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GUEYDAN — Two men have been booked and another is wanted in connection to a ATM theft that heavily damaged a Gueydan grocery store.

Nearly three weeks after the discovery of a body in a canal south of Kaplan, an investigation by the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the arrest of two men.
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon, on Friday, April 26, 2024, at approximately 10 a.m., a body was located floating in a canal south of West Liberty Farm Road, south of Kaplan, by a local farmer.
Upon arrival of patrol and detectives, a male subject located floating in a canal was recovered and sent to Vermilion Parish Forensics for autopsy and manner of death.

Abbeville Police Mike Hardy stated that the 16-year-old who was apprehended for bringing a gun into St. Mary Magdalen Church during a Holy Communion Mass did not have any intentions of harming anyone.
Hardy was quoted in the Advocate newspaper saying the teen told police that his girlfriend was inside the church. He planned to intimidate parishioners before he ran away with his girlfriend to Texas, reported the Advocate.
The teen was not allowed to carry out his plan, thanks to a handful of parishioners who were outside of the church and saw the teen enter the church.