Gueydan man pleads guilty to shooting whooping crane in Vermilion Parish

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Lane T. Thibodeaux, of Gueydan, was fined $2,500 and sentenced to 45 days in federal prison for shooting a whooping crane in Vermilion Parish that eventually died in November, 2014.

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Through the course of the investigation, agents learned Thibodeaux was responsible, and eventually obtained a search warrant for his phone, which had videos and photos of him shooting game birds from a vehicle on a public road near where the crane was shot, according to the release.

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The phone also contained information indicating Thibodeaux was allegedly involved in illegal narcotics activity, which was turned over to the Vermilion Parish Narcotics Task Force, the release states. During the investigation, agents also learned that Thibodeaux threatened the informants not to give any information to LDWF agents about the whooping crane. Agents arrested Thibodeaux on charges of felony witness intimidation on March 4, 2015, and those charges are still pending at this time, according to the release.

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