Evangeline Parish man faces charges for Sinker Cypress theft

BATON ROUGE — On June 18, Leonard Laborde of St. Landry was arrested on two counts of timber theft, two counts of criminal trespass, and one count of simple criminal damage to property. Laborde, who had outstanding warrants for timber theft, trespassing, and simple criminal damage to property stemming from the theft of sinker cypress from a private lake in 2020, was apprehended while allegedl...

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