SHERIFF AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CRACK DOWN ON FENTANYL DEALERS
Hebert Receives 40-year Sentence
On Monday, April 29, 2024, Corey Hebert entered a plea of guilty in the 13th Judicial District Court Division B on the charges of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substance, to wit: Fentanyl, and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Schedule I Controlled Dangerous Substance, to wit: Heroin, and received a sentence of forty (40) years hard labor. He also entered a plea of guilty to the charge of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substance, to wit: Methamphetamine, and received a sentence of ten (10) years at hard labor. All charges are to run concurrent with one another and the first 5 years are to be served without benefit of parole or suspension of sentence.
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Earlier this year, a Ville Platte Councilwoman was indicted on election fraud charges. That case was dismissed this fall, and now she is accusing the district attorney of civil rights violations
Youth to be charged and tried as adult in Attempted Murder Case
May 10, 2023 Evangeline Parish District Trent Brignac reported to KVPI News that on April 20, a hearing was conducted. Before th.
Youth to be charged and tried as adult in Attempted Murder Case
May 10, 2023 Evangeline Parish District Trent Brignac reported to KVPI News that on April 20, a hearing was conducted. Before the court were the issues of whether a 15 year old should be continued in custody and whether there was probable cause that the juvenile has committed a crime that could subject him to the jurisdiction of the adult criminal court. At the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Marcus Fontenot found both that the juvenile should remain in custody and that probable cause existed that the juvenile committed the crime of Attempted Second Degree Murder. Thereafter, the juvenile court was divested of jurisdiction over the case and the case is now under the exclusive jurisdiction of the adult district court for all subsequent proceedings. District Attorney Trent Brignac commended the efforts of Assistant District Attorneys Deidra Godfrey and Julhelene “Betsy” Jackson for their preparation and p