Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents cited five Breaux Bridge men for alleged crawfish violations on July 10 and 14 in Lafayette Parish.

Agents cited Hunter Herrington, 26, Damien Courville, 35, Skylar Robichaux, 34, Jessie Reece, 25, and a juvenile for theft of crawfish.

Agents obtained video surveillance on July 5 showing the five subjects checking crawfish traps and keeping the crawfish from those traps, which did not belong to them. They checked the traps four times from July 5-10.

Agents made contact with the subjects on July 10 and during questioning all individuals admitted they were not the owners of the traps they were running.

Theft of crawfish when the crawfish have a value of less than $1,000 brings up to a $1,000 fine and six months in jail. If anyone has been convicted two or more times of crawfish theft, the penalties are up to a $2,000 fine and two years in jail.

Agents participating in the case are Sgt. Lucas Hidalgo, Corporal Michael Blanchard and Agent Javion Batiste.