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NAPOLEONVILLE- Known fondly as “Streetfly” for his gregarious ways, Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Newchurch moved comfortably between two very different worlds.
On Feb. 24, the 31-year-old Newchurch - who coached a youth softball team - was volunteering at a school Mardi Gras carnival, judging children in a costume contest, his godmother, Tina Landry, said.
Wednesday night, Newchurch was fatally shot in the chest while trying to help a fellow officer arrest a suspected drug dealer, Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack said Thursday...