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Former Lafayette Mayor Josh Guillory arrested

Posted on 2/19/26 at 9:29 pm
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
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Posted on 2/19/26 at 9:29 pm
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Former Lafayette Mayor President, Josh Guillory, has been arrested and charged with malfeasance charges by St. Martin Parish grand jury, officials confirmed.

Guillory is facing the charges of four counts of malfeasance in office, officials said.

The Louisiana Legislative Auditor released an audit in August 2025 that alleged the decision by the Josh Guillory administration to secretly remove spoil banks in St. Martin Parish in February 2022 was against local, state and federal law.


After rehab I saw he started practicing as an attorney again and he was aggressively advertising in the Lake Charles local market and was trying to start a podcast.

Life comes at you fast

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2020:

Posted by WillieD
Lafayette/BR
Member since Apr 2014
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Posted on 2/19/26 at 9:29 pm to
He be witch hunt
Posted by AlextheBodacious
Member since Oct 2020
3804 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 9:30 pm to
Getting arrested is a right of passage for Louisiana politicians. Hardly newsworthy.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
471354 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 9:31 pm to
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He be witch hunt


From the sounds of it, this may actually be a witch hunt.

Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
13599 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 9:32 pm to
What is a spoil bank?
Posted by thejuiceisloose
Member since Nov 2018
6270 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 9:33 pm to
This is Lafayette's Watergate
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
471354 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 9:35 pm to
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What is a spoil bank?


Embedded story in the link from 2022

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A feud over spoil banks, levees of dirt and debris formed on either side of a river is reaching new heights and creating a major controversy between two Acadiana parishes.

Lafayette Consolidated Government removed spoil banks along the Vermilion River last week.

Those spoils banks were keeping areas in St. Martin Parish from flooding, parish leaders say.

St. Martin Parish Government officials and community members are now angry, as they say LCG removed the spoil banks without any warning and without permits.


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Lafayette Mayor President Josh Guillory says LCG removed the spoil banks to help flash flooding and drainage. He says it will benefit the entire region.

“Anytime we can be good neighbors and we can help out folks and help anybody in the region and defnitely not hurt anybody, we’re going to do that,” Guillory said.

St. Martin Parish President Chester Cedars said, however, it will not help their region and called it “an act of misconduct.”

“I do not need Lafayette Parish Government telling St. Martin Parish what’s best for us. That’s our job,” Cedars said.

When asked if the project would harm residents of St. Martin Parish, Guillory said, “We surely wouldn’t bless off on a project that would hurt anybody, but the science is clear. The engineering is clear.”


2025 story with the Legislative Audit
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
130285 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 9:35 pm to
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From the sounds of it, this may actually be a witch hunt.


Yeah i thought they had cleared him of this a couple years ago

But a DA in another parish going after it

Parish on Parish violence here
Posted by andwesway
Zachary, LA
Member since Jun 2016
2975 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 9:35 pm to
Goddamn. He looks rough.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
471354 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 9:37 pm to
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Yeah i thought they had cleared him of this a couple years ago

But a DA in another parish going after it

Parish on Parish violence here


How my hair look, Chester?
Posted by duckblind56
South of Ellick
Member since Sep 2023
4797 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 9:39 pm to
Dirt
Posted by Epaminondas
The Boot
Member since Jul 2020
5845 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 10:13 pm to
It's a politically motivated prosecution. A political dispute between the former administration of Lafayette Parish and St. Martin Parish results in the St. Martin Parish D.A. getting an indictment against the former Lafayette Parish Mayor President.

They're trying to put him in prison over a pile of dirt.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
40559 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 10:14 pm to
The work was done in st Martin parish? Why is a Lafayette guy controlling work in st Martin Parish?
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 2/19/26 at 10:22 pm to
Spoil banks and flood control disputes doesn’t sound too dirty
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
40745 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 10:28 pm to
Wouldn’t the Army Corps of Engineers be involved in this?
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 2/19/26 at 10:34 pm to
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It's a politically motivated prosecution


Well it's not like Guillory was above using the law against his opponents, so FAFO I guess.
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
16176 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 10:35 pm to
Louisiana politician arrested? Shocker. Hey people still CHOOSE to live there.
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
19047 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 10:52 pm to
Man he’s looking rough.

But also, frick St. Martin Parish. It’s a shithole that wishes it was Lafayette.
Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
42222 posts
Posted on 2/19/26 at 11:03 pm to
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The work was done in st Martin parish? Why is a Lafayette guy controlling work in st Martin Parish?


Might be that small area near hwy 90 between Broussard and new Iberia that st Martin parish sticks out in.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
84949 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 7:12 am to
The Lafayette DA wrote a 12 page rebuttal to the legislative auditor on why he won’t be charged in Lafayette.
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