Fraud investigation lands one in jail

Staff Report Deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 2500 Blk. of St. Landry Hwy. in reference to a fraud investigation. During the investigation, detectives learned the suspect, Ray Cooper, of Port Allen, was hired by the victim to pour gravel on the driveway of his residence. Once the job was completed, the victim wrote two checks to the suspect each for $314…