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According to the 15h Judicial District Attorney’s office, a Grand Jury handed down a True Bill against Alan Joseph Ware of Abbeville last week.
Ware, whose last address is 8908 Rue Elanc in Abbeville, was indicted on seven counts.
Ware was arrested and charged in June of 2022.
Two of the seven were sexual battery charges.
He was charged twice for molestation of a juvenile (victim under 17 years old but older than 13 years old) and three charges of indecent behavior with a minor.

LAFAYETTE – ExxonMobil recently committed $500,000 to Ducks Unlimited (DU) to help support the Bayou Chene restoration project in Vermilion Parish.

Abbeville native Wade Robinson was caught off guard when he learned why he was at a dedication program at Plaisance Middle School in St. Landry Parish.
For 34 years, Robinson drove from Abbeville to then Plaisance High School and Northwest High School.
He was the band director from 1967 to 2001 at the two schools.
Earlier this month, his wife Catherine, of 54 years, was able to get him to return to the old Plaisance High School, now Plaisance Middle School, by telling him a small lie.