Crime in the Atchafalaya Basin

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited four individuals on Jan. 21 in Iberville Parish for alleged weapons violations and theft in the Bayou Pigeon Area of the Atchafalaya Basin.

Christopher Carbo, 29, of White Castle, Frank Floyd, 30, of Plaquemine, Rex Romig, 37, and Bradley Verret, 29, both of Bayou Sorrel, were arrested and booked into the Iberville Parish jail for illegal possession of stolen things and felony possession of a firearm.

Agents checked the four men in the Bayou Pigeon area while hunting from a houseboat and found them in possession of firearms that were stolen previously in camp burglaries. A total of five guns were confiscated along with crawfish wire.

The penalty for illegal possession of stolen things shall be imprisonment with or without hard labor for up to 10 years, or a fine up to $3,000 or both. The penalty for felony possession of a firearm is imprisonment at hard labor between 10 to 15 years without the benefit of parole, or suspension of sentence and a fine between $1,000 to $5,000.