Castille is booked on charges, makes first court appearance

By News Staff on Thursday, March 20, 2025
  • Deputies with the Criminal Patrol Unit of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office escort Trae’land Castille, 19, of Arnaudville, out of a police unit and into the Evangeline Parish Courthouse for his initial court hearing on Monday, March 17. His arraignment date is set for Monday, May 5, in Division A. (Photo courtesy of EPSO)
    Deputies with the Criminal Patrol Unit of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office escort Trae’land Castille, 19, of Arnaudville, out of a police unit and into the Evangeline Parish Courthouse for his initial court hearing on Monday, March 17. His arraignment date is set for Monday, May 5, in Division A. (Photo courtesy of EPSO)

    By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - Trae’land Castille, the accused gunman associated with mass shooting that took place on Mardi Gras in Mamou, appeared in an Evangeline Parish courtroom for the first time on Monday, March 17. During the hearing in front of the honorable Judge Marcus L. Fontenot, of the 13th Judicial District Court Division “A,” Castille was declared an indigent and was ref…