OPELOUSAS, La. (KADN) — Opelousas Mayor Julius Alsandor had a message to the city after the police chief's arrest in a love-triangle shooting that's resulted in the Opelousas police chief facing charges. Mayor Alsandor is standing by the embattled police chief … at least for now.
"I have met with Chief Leblanc since the news broke of his chargers against him," said Mayor Alsandor. "He indicated that we he will continue to serve Opelousas in the elected office of the chief of police for the city of Opelousas."
Chief LeBlanc has admitted to having an affair on his wife, Crystal LeBlanc, with Savannah Butler, another officer with the Opelousas Police Department.
The affair erupted in gun violence just before Christmas, wounding Chief LeBlanc and his wife.
Butler turned herself in and is facing multiple charges for allegedly shooting Chief LeBlanc through the hand and Crystal LeBlanc in the arm with a single shot.
"Senior members of our police department are currently conducting an appropriate investigation regarding her involvement in the incidents and event and it remains pending," explained Mayor Alsandor.
He also said despite Chief LeBlanc being arrested on multiple charges, he supports the elected chief of police, and as mayor, his hands are tied anyway.
"And the city council, not myself as the mayor, can remove him from office," added the mayor.
Mayor Alsandor also said the only way LeBlanc could lose his job as chief is if he's convicted of the charges against him, which include obstruction and malfeasance.
OPELOUSAS, La. — According to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, St. Landry Parish detectives obtained video footage of the domestic shooting incident that occurred on December 22, 2023, involving Opelousas Police Chief Graig “Twin” LeBlanc, Opelousas Police Officer Savannah Butler, and St. Landry Sheriff’s Captain Crystal LeBlanc.
OPELOUSAS, La. (KADN) — St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz confirmed Opelousas Police Chief Graig “Twin” LeBlanc turned himself in to the parish jail around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 29.
OPELOUSAS, La. — Opelousas Police Chief Graig LeBlanc issued a statement on Wednesday, Jan. 3, to address the shooting that sent him and his wife, Crystal LeBlanc, a captain with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, to the hospital on December 22.
OPELOUSAS, La. (KADN) — The police chief of Opelousas is out of the hospital after getting shot on Friday, Dec. 22. There is no word on his wife, who was also shot.
OPELOUSAS, La. (KADN) — The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting that injured the Opelousas police chief and his wife.
According to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, St. Landry Parish detectives obtained video footage of the domestic shooting incident that occurred on December 22, 2023, involving Chief LeBlanc, Opelousas Police Officer Savannah Butler, and St. Landry Sheriff’s Captain Crystal LeBlanc.
Chief LeBlanc, 45, turned himself in at the St. Landry Parish Jail on Monday and was booked on charges of failure to seek assistance, obstruction of justice, and malfeasance in office, then released on a $26,000 bond.
