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Two arrests have been made in a series of burglaries which occurred from June 2015 until early 2019 throughout northeast and central Louisiana.

Brady Cormier, 40, of Vidalia, and Mark Tyler Evans, 24, of Ferriday, were arrested by law enforcement in Texas on warrants from Rapides, LaSalle and Franklin Parish.  Evans has been extradited to Louisiana and is currently being held in the Rapides Parish Detention Center and Cormier is pending extradition.  Charges range from simple burglary, to criminal damage to property and criminal conspiracy. 

Two Richland Parish residents have been charged with allegedly cleaning out a residence on Burke Road in January.

Richland Parish Sheriff Gary Gilley said his office arrested Bandy Pilgreen, 33, and Brady Washington, 33, charging them both with simple burglary.

This charge came after Pilgreen and Washington both allegedly broke into an uninhabited home on the Burke Road in early January and emptied the residence of its contents, ranging from large kitchen appliances down to family portraits and the family bible.  

A Mangham High school student was arrested last week after allegedly  sharing an inappropriate photos of a classmate.

Richland Parish Sheriff Gary Gilley announced that on  May 10, the Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a male Mangham High School student on charges of unlawful telephone communications. 

Gilley said this arrest stemmed from a complaint made in April that the juvenile had taken a picture of another student and passed the picture around with a derogatory statement attached to it.  

The student was released to his guardian.