LAFAYETTE, La. — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested 13 boaters statewide for allegedly operating a vessel while intoxicated during Operation Dry Water weekend, a three-day enforcement push that ran from Friday, July 3, through Sunday, July 5.
LDWF partnered with the U.S. Coast Guard and Louisiana State Police for the operation. Agents also responded to four non-fatal boating incidents statewide over the same three days.
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Several Arrests Touch Acadiana Directly
A handful of the arrests hit close to home for Acadiana. Maddox Moncla, 20, of Lafayette, was arrested on July 3 on False River in Pointe Coupee Parish. Dylan Inzina, 20, of Franklin, was arrested July 4 on the Atchafalaya River in St. Martin Parish.
Nicholas Parton, 46, of Carencro, was arrested the same day on Henderson Lake, also in St. Martin Parish, a popular Atchafalaya Basin destination for anglers and swamp tours out of the Lafayette area. Aaron Meyers, 21, of Plaquemine, was arrested on Bayou Plaquemine in Iberville Parish, and Dylan Nunez, 34, of Kaplan, was arrested on Indian Creek in Rapides Parish.
Full List of Arrests
LDWF released the names of all 13 boaters arrested during the enforcement weekend…