Candidate With Criminal Record Runs for Police Chief | Lafayette Louisiana News

Lafayette Louisiana News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 22, 2026 · 1m

A controversial candidate for Church Point, Louisiana’s police chief, Terrence Garrick Junior, has a troubling history of arrests dating back to 2009 — including domestic violence, assault, and attempted arson — yet has never served a day in jail, thanks to probation each time. Teachers reported abuse involving his children in 2009 and 2014, and in 2015 he was arrested for slapping his ex-wife in front of their kids. The year 2016 was especially damning: he was arrested twice — once for allegedly beating his ex-wife and trying to set her on fire, and again for breaking into a home and…