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Three people decided to go joyriding in a sugar cane field off Montgomery Road. The ride, however, did not end too joyfully.
A 20-year-old male, his girlfriend, and a friend decided to go off-road riding in a sugar cane field on Sunday just after 8 p.m. The male was driving a Cadillac Escalade SUV through a sugar cane field, and then he crashed head-on into a drainage ditch.
The three got out of the SUV before it caught fire and burned.
Volunteer fire departments responded and were able to put out the fire before it spread into the field or homes nearby.

Everyone knows it is hot. But what many don’t know is that Vermilion Parish is having major drought issues.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor’s latest map, one third of Vermilion Parish is under extreme drought conditions. The other two thirds of the parish is under a severe drought.
Also experiencing extreme drought conditions are parts of Iberia, Lafayette and Acadia parishes.
Since 2000, it is only the second time Vermilion Parish has experienced extreme drought conditions. The last time was in 2011.

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.
On Aug. 7, after a lengthy investigation, agents were able to seize a large amount of various narcotics as well as a firearm from Fabian Mitchell, (Date of birth: 7-23-1982).  Mitchell was placed under arrest without incident after attempting to discard the narcotics and the firearm.  Mitchell was charged with the following offenses:
• Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon