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Maurice Police Chief Guy Nerren (right) shakes the hand of Don Mendoza after he donated a blue Ford 150 truck to the Maurice Police Department.

Surprise donation: Mendoza donates truck to Maurice Police Department

The town of Maurice got a pleasant surprise late last month.
The third annual Mendoza fundraiser was held at Don Mendoza Ford in Maurice. The fundraiser was to raise money for volunteer fire departments in Vermilion Parish and for the Maurice Police Department.
The all-day event featured music, a top-of-the-line fireworks display, and a jambalaya cook-off.
The Lance Broussard Cooking Team won the crowd favorite, as well as, overall first place in the cook-off.
The lead chef was Jacques Campbell of Kaplan.

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Three mobile homes were recently hauled into Legion Park in Kaplan, near Kaplan cemetery.

New Kaplan mobile home park not getting any love

KAPLAN — The Kaplan Aldermen are not too happy with the contractor Ricky LeBlanc, who is building a mobile home park in Legion Park near the Kaplan Cemetary.
The mobile home park will probably never happen because the aldermen are about to put the brakes on the project altogether.
Months ago, LeBlanc approached Mayor Kloesel and the aldermen about putting mobile homes in Legion Park, initially developed for homes.
However, that idea never took off, and the subdivision sat empty.

LDWF Agents Arrest 12 Subjects for DWI on the Water During Operation Dry Water Weekend

In support of Operation Dry Water, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division arrested 12 boaters statewide for alleged driving or operating a vessel while intoxicated (DWI) from July 1 to July 3.

On July 1, agents arrested:

Johnny W Calton V, 29, Grayson, on the Ouachita River in Caldwell Parish.
Cody Overland, 28, of Independence, on the Tickfaw River in Livingston Parish.
Brett D. Fitch, 38, of Cecilia, on the Atchafalaya River in St. Martin Parish.

On July 2, agents arrested:

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Senior Agent Joshua Segrest makes his way through the mud to get to the stranded boaters.

LDWF Agents Rescue Couple from Southwest Pass in Vermilion Parish

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents rescued a husband and wife after their boat got stuck in Vermilion Parish on July 3.
Agents were notified around 5:30 p.m. on July 3 about two people who were fishing in a boat in the southwest pass when the tide went out, which subsequently stuck their boat in the mud. The husband and wife tried to get it unstuck but were unsuccessful.

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Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force makes arrests

According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the following arrest for narcotics related offenses within the parish.
• Richard Hebert, (dob: 9-14-1962 of Kaplan), was charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Schedule II, (Methamphetamine) and Introduction of Contraband into a Penal Facility.
• Eric Roy, (dob: 4-12-1990 of Delcambre), was charged with Possession of Schedule II, (Methamphetamine).

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Kaplan, LA 70548

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