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15 Year Service Award Recipient
Congratulations to Lt. Kevin Savant for 15 Years of dedicated service to LPSO and the Citizens of Lafayette Parish.

Lt. Savant is a supervisor within the LPSO Patrol Divison.

Citizen Praises Sheriff's Innovative Programs

Dear Sheriff Neustrom:

Just so you know that I do write complimentary letters in addition to those that criticize, please accept my praise for some of your innovative programs that have been recently highlighted in the media. The programs I speak of are the direct supervision of prisoners approach; the off-site telecommunication visitation for families of prisoners; the call program for the elderly; and the day reporting programs for some offenders. All of these programs show your very humanistic approach to corrections and the general human condition. You are a different kind of sheriff from the standard old Louisiana model, and it has taken some adjustment by the jaded downtown crowd (myself included) to see the wisdom of your ways. Anyway, thank you for your innovative programs, and I am always available with an opinion. I don't lack opinions.

With kind regards, I remain Very truly yours, Albert M. Karre', Jr.

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Homemade Bomb Leads To An Arrest

Tuesday, April 15, 2003

On Tuesday April 15, 2003 Lafayette Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to Youngsville Police Dept. in reference to a Youngsville Police Officer recovering a suspicious item, possibly an explosive device from a vehicle he had searched. Sheriff’s Office bomb dog alerted on the item indicating explosive material, State Police Bomb Unit was notified and verified the item was a Homemade Bomb, referred to as a Homemade Hand Grenade. The person who was in possession of the device is 18 Year-old John E. Salassi 200 Block of Titan Road in Youngsville. A search warrant for Mr. Salassi’s residence was obtained but no other devices were found. John Salassi has been charged with Manufacture and Possession of a Delay Device.

Lt. Craig Stansbury
Public Information Officer
Lafayette Sheriff's Office
337-232-9211