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Evangeline Parish man accused of intentionally setting house on fire with people inside
EVANGELINE PARISH, La. — State Fire Marshal Chief Bryan J Adams is announcing the arrest of a Pine Prairie man accused of setting fire to a home with a family of six inside. Rusty Gautreaux, 33, was booked into the Evangeline Parish Jail on Thursday, July 25, on six counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of aggravated arson.
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