Pine Prairie man arrested for attempted murder, arson

State Fire Marshal Chief Bryan J Adams announced the arrest of a Pine Prairie man accused of setting fire to a home with a family of six inside. Rusty Gautreaux, 33, was booked into the Evangeline Parish Jail on Thursday on six counts of attempted first- degree murder and one count of aggravated arson. At 9:30 a.m., on the 25th, Evangeline Parish Ward 4 Fire Department responded to a call for a ...

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