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Deputy Honored as ACA Corrections Officer
Congratulations to Deputy Olugbenga Shomade, he is following the footsteps of his Work Release co-workers and supervisors and setting a trend in the process.

In May, Deputy Shomade passed the ACA Corrections Officer Exam. With this accomplishment, Shomade became the first driver to obtain this status and the fourth Work Release employee to receive ACA certification.

Food Net Board of Directors Appreciates LPSO Assis

Dear Mike, On behalf of the Board of Directors of Foodnet and the thousands of less-fortunate people who benefit from our food bank, I want to express our gratitude to you and the Department for the major role that you played in our annual Christmas Food Drive. The Twenty-Third annual KLFY-TV-10/Foodnet “Food for Families” food drive was a great success – one of our best. We finished with a total of seventy-four tons of food. Our success could not have been realized without your co-operation and the assistance of the Trustees. The courtesy and co-operation of my friend, Albert Glaude. Albert is always there with his calmness and re-assurance when just about everything is dependent on the assistance of the trustees. I am very grateful to all of you. Sincerely Marcelle F. Citron Founder/Chairman

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Detectives Make arrest in Murder case

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

On Sunday evening March 1, 2009 at approximately 10:30pm, Detectives with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office received a call identifying 19 year old Aaron Francois and 19 year old Kevin Gildhouse as the two individuals featured on the news. They were being shown as persons of interest in the murder of a cab driver which occurred on Monday February 23, 2009.

Detectives began looking into this information and by 6am Monday morning March 2, 2009, obtained enough evidence to take both suspects into custody without incident at their residence in the 400 Block of Dulles Dr. in Lafayette.

Both suspects did admit to being involved with the crime and have since been charged with 1st Degree Murder and Armed Robbery.

A third person 18 year old Margaret Sanchez was found to have aided the suspects after the crime and has been charged with Accessory After the Fact to 1st Degree Murder

Lt. Craig Stansbury
Public Information Officer
Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office
337-236-5876