News Former Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory pleads not guilty to St. Martin charges BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer May 7, 2026 Former Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory appeared in a St. Martin Parish courtroom Thursday morning where he entered a plea of not guilt…
Crime/Police Opelousas officer known for viral bond with child with Down Syndrome placed on leave before arrest By STEPHEN MARCANTEL | Staff writer Updated Apr 10, 2026 An Opelousas police officer who was recently arrested alongside the Mamou police chief and Ville Platte mayor was placed on administrative lea…
Crime/Police Ville Platte mayor, Mamou police chief bond out of jail By STEPHEN MARCANTEL | Staff writer Apr 8, 2026 All five public officials who were arrested on Tuesday on charges of malfeasance in office after they were alleged to have used government dat…
+2 Crime/Police Ville Platte mayor, Mamou police chief, other officials facing malfeasance charges By STEPHEN MARCANTEL | Staff writer Updated Apr 7, 2026 The Mamou police chief, the Ville Platte mayor and three other police officers were arrested Tuesday by the ¶¶Òõh State Police on malfeasa…
News Former Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory court date set in St. Martin Parish malfeasance case Claire Taylor Mar 12, 2026 A court date has been set for former Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory who faces four felony malfeasance charges in St. Martin Parish.
Crime/Police Two Acadiana police officers arrested after alleged leak of confidential investigation details BY KRISTIN ASKELSON | Staff writer Feb 20, 2026 Kaplan police arrested one of their own this week, along with an Abbeville police officer, on allegations they shared confidential information…
Ascension Outgoing St. James President Timmy Roussel pleads not guilty to new round of malfeasance counts BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | Staff writer Jan 7, 2020 CONVENT — Days from leaving office, departing St. James Parish President Timmy Roussel pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a new round of malfeasanc…
News Audit: Assumption clerk of court hired family to deliver Bayou Corne sinkhole lawsuit files BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | dmitchell@theadvocate.com Jan 22, 2019 Assumption Parish Clerk of Court Darlene Landry may have broken state ethics laws by granting file delivery contracts that paid her daughter a…
+3 News Judge denies defense request for secret St. James grand jury transcripts in Blaise Gravois case BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | dmitchell@theadvocate.com Sep 26, 2018 CONVENT — Defense attorneys for top St. James Parish official Blaise Gravois have been denied access to the transcript of the 2016 grand jury …
+2 News Second judge in St. James Parish malfeasance case steps aside amid claims of bias from prosecutors BY DAVID J. MITCHELL | dmitchell@theadvocate.com Jul 26, 2018 CONVENT — For a second time in about a month, a state judge facing accusations of bias has recused him or herself from the corruption case aga…