It seems to be apparent with the release of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office’s most recent audit that the sheriff’s financial troubles have less to do with the lack of funds and more to do with poor management of the department’s money.
Sheriff Eddie Soileau
Funeral homes in Evangeline Parish, as well as funeral homes in neighboring parishes received a certified mailed letter on from the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office informing them that the sheriff’s office “will no longer be in the funeral home escort business.”
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has opened pattern or practice investigations into the use of investigative holds by the Ville Platte Police Department and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, a Justice Department news release stated.
