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UPDATE: According to LPSO Spokesperson Valerie Ponseti, there is no hostage situation near UL Lafayette. Police units were in the area to conduct a search warrant.

This statement comes from Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mark Garber in response to the sheriff's tax renewal that has been passed in Lafayette tonight with over 67 percent of the vote.

Captian John Babin says that the crimes have happened over the past several weeks starting on November 2.

District Attorney Keith Stutes will moderate the event.

Brian Knight was arrested in June of 2014, but after more investigation investigators say it was the alleged conspiracy that led to his arrest.

A 13-year-old is being held at the Lafayette Detention Home.

The DCFS was granted legal custody of the child on July 9 of this year.

The Lafayette Sheriff's Office says kids were not in danger when a book bag was checked for weapons.