Five young men from the south Lafourche area have been charged with multiple counts of burglary, theft, and criminal damage to property. The burglaries took place in the Galliano area over the past several weeks.
In addition to several homes, authorities say the five targeted the Galliano fire station, stealing five firefighters respirator masks.
Sheriff's spokesman Larry Weidel says the suspects confessed to using the respirator masks to facillitate the smoking of marijuana.
"One of the individuals says he used it as a bong, while smoking marijuana," said Weidel. "I guess he kind of held the smoke a lot longer in the facemask."
Listen to Jay Vice's conversation with Lafourche Sheriff's spokesman Larry Weidel:
During a traffic stop on Tuesday, one of the suspects was found to be in possession of a stolen rifle.
Using information obtained following the arrest of the driver, Blake Guidry, officials say they made the following arrests:
Blake J. Guidry, age 20, of 195 West 147th Street, Galliano, La. was arrested and charged with Three Counts of Simple Burglary; Possession of Stolen Property; Seven Counts of Theft; and One Count of Simple Criminal Damage to Property. District Judge Bruce Simpson set his bond at $10,000. Some of the burglaries involved breaking into a residence stealing electronics & food, slashing tires, stealing plywood, a pirogue, & gasoline.
Wilkerson Louis Lee, age 18, of 141 East 136th Street, Galliano, La. charged with participating in several of the burglaries with Guidry and was arrested and charged with: Two Counts of Simple Burglary; Three Counts of Theft; and One Count of Simple Criminal Damage to Property. His bond was also set at $10,000.
One of the burglaries Wilkerson Lee was charged with was the theft of several shotguns and rifles from a Galliano residence. Upon questioning, police say it was learned that two of the shotguns were sold to John Marshall and his brother, Jeremy Marshall. The shotguns were recovered and the two were arrested.
Jeremy Marshall, age 20, of 117 East 138th Street, Galliano, La. was arrested and charged with Possession of Stolen Property. His bond was set at $2,000 by Judge Simpson.
John Marshall, age 21, of 264 East 43rd Street, Cut Off, La. was arrested and charged with Possession of Stolen Property (firearm); and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Judge Simpson set his bond at $5,000. Also, Probation & Parole issued a detainer on John Marshall.
A fifth person was questioned when his name came up during the interviews with the others. Officials say Patrick Hebert Jr. confessed to detectives to breaking into the Gallaino Fire Station and stealing four respirators off the fire truck. He said he used one of the respirators to get high on Marijuana. Four of the respirators are still missing.
Patrick Hebert Jr. age 19, of 147 East 136th Street, Galliano, La. was arrested and charged with Simple Burglary. His bond was set at $5,000 by Judge Simpson.
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