DATE:             WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2018
TO:                  ALL MEDIA OUTLETS
FROM:            SHERIFF LELAND FALCON
SUBJECT:      ONGOING BURGLARY / WEAPONS INVESTIGATION

                        DANNY WILLIS, JAMES AUCOIN AND LUCIEN AUCOIN

BAYOU L’OURSE – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrests of Danny Willis, 33, of 155 Felicia Street, Bayou L’Ourse, LA and James Aucoin, 35, also of 155 Felicia Street, Bayou L’Ourse, LA, on charges stemming from an ongoing burglary investigation in the Bayou L’Ourse area.

On November 26, 2018, the Sheriff’s Office Detective Division went to a residence located at 155 Felicia Street in Bayou L’Ourse for the purpose of executing an arrest warrant and search warrant for Lucien Aucoin, 57 years of age.  The warrants were in connection with an ongoing burglary investigation.

During the search for Lucien Aucoin, detectives located a person identified as Danny Willis.  A National Crime Information Center database check revealed that Willis was a fugitive from Brevard County, Florida.  Willis was wanted on a probation violation related to a theft and fraud investigation.  Willis was taken into custody and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center awaiting extradition to Brevard County, Florida.

Also, during the same search, detectives located a rifle under a bed utilized by James Aucoin.  Investigators determined that Aucoin was a convicted felon which prohibited him from possessing a firearm either constructively or otherwise.  James Aucoin was arrested, transported to the Assumption Parish Detention Center and booked on a charge of:

            *Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon

He was being held awaiting a bond hearing.

Warrants remain outstanding for the arrest of Lucien Aucoin for 3 counts of Simple Burglary.  Detectives did recover assorted items related to the ongoing burglary investigation.

Anyone having any knowledge as to the whereabouts of Lucien Aucoin are urged to contact the Sheriff’s Detective Bureau at 985-526-1627 or the Communications Division at 985-369-2912.

For additional information concerning this News Release, contact Sheriff Leland Falcon or Public Information Officer, Lonny Cavalier at 985-369-7281.