Through investigation, agents had also obtained a search warrant and an arrest warrant for Kendell Evans, 23, of East 23rd Street in Larose for Distribution of Fentanyl. He was arrested and booked into the Correctional Complex on charges of Possession of Marijuana and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. During the search, agents found marijuana and a firearm inside the residence. Then on Wednesday, May 26, agents executed two search warrants in the Larose area, one of which was on East 2nd Street in reference to Alexander Williams, 28. He was also charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, Illegal Carrying of a Firearm in the Presence of a Controlled Dangerous Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Rousse was arrested and booked into the Correctional Complex on the warrants. Agents found him to be in possession of an AR-15 and a pistol (each with large-capacity magazines), approximately 14 ounces of marijuana, and various items commonly associated with the sale of illegal narcotics. Rousse had four active warrants for contempt of court and was taken into custody. Agents located Jaron Rousse, 19, inside the residence. The swamps and marshland contained abundant animal life which could be hunted for food or for their pelts.On May 25, 2021, agents conducted a search at a residence on West 178th Street in Galliano. The bayou contained an unlimited food supply that could be eaten or bartered. Isolation resulted when Lafourche’s residents took advantage of having the bayou for a front door and the swamp as their back yard. Historians, taking note of the unique pattern of housing development, with one residence after another lined up fronting the bayou for about 50 miles from Thibodaux to Golden Meadow, began referring to it as “the longest street in the world.” It is said that a baseball thrown from “front yard to front yard” could be started in Thibodaux and be in Golden Meadow an hour later.

Each had access to the bayou, and each had less levee to maintain. A pattern developed consisting of a narrow bayou front farm with a long “ribbon” of land streaming behind it. Many farmers and plantations in the early 1700-1800’s had a depth of at least a mile and a half. Land grants had a width of less that 600feet but with tremendous depth. Laws held each landowner responsible for the construction and maintenance of a bayou levee for his own protection and that of his neighbors. It was not long before a close knit community of farmers and fishermen had extended the length of the bayou village settlement for many miles, building side by side.Ĭontrol of the frequent bayou overflows played an important part in the early resident’ settlement pattern. Today's residents frequently refer to a given location as 'up the bayou,' 'down the bayou,' or 'across the bayou.' The bayou was even used as a point of reference when giving directions. Early settlers explored a descending fork of the Mississippi River that mapmakers had named 'LaFourche Des Chitimachas.' This distributary bayou, its name soon shortened to 'LaFourche' served the early settlers well as a means of communication, a method of transportation, and a source of fresh water.

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