Deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Department, in January 2025, conducted a saturated patrol in the parish looking for impaired drivers. Deputies were looking for traffic infractions to conduct a stop for safety purposes. There have been numerous accidents caused by impaired drivers, which have caused serious injuries, and even some have been fatal.
In order to protect the resident...
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