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A Mamou woman said a gambling problem led her to use a Eunice company’s credit cards to steal about $80,000, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
Megan Reed Francois, 33, of the 2200 block of Duculus Road, Mamou, was arrested on April 22 for access device fraud.
The affidavit for the arrest warrant stated Jeffery Derouen met with a St. Landry Parish Sheriff deputy at the Eunice substation about a embezzlement on April 15.
DeRouen owns Prairie Cajun Brands and Go Fish Freight, all located at 1277 Hwy. 757, Eunice.

Cell phones are probably the single most dangerous and overused distraction of drivers in Louisiana, according to Trooper First Class Thomas Gossen, public information officer for Louisiana State Police Troop I.
Gossen spoke to members of the Crowley Lions Club recently about a variety of subjects, ranging from seat belt use to the possible legalization of marijuana to the use of cell phones in automobiles.
“There is a lot of emphasis on cell phone use in the legislature right now,” Gossen said.

Jacob LeBlanc lives in double-time.
At age 19, he shaved a year from a four-year program to complete a bachelor’s degree in industrial technology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. But that’s not where LeBlanc’s fast track began or where it ends.
First, he skipped kindergarten. He took high school courses as a middle-school student, and a schedule of seven classes a year enabled him to complete high school as a junior. He then enrolled at UL Lafayette. He was 16, too young to vote and barely old enough to drive.