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Four men were arrested in Lafourche Parish for allegedly conspiring to damage a boat which belonged to a business competitor.
In the early morning hours of Nov. 27, 2017, Lafourche Parish Fire District No. 3 requested the assistance of the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal to determine the origin and cause of a boat fire in the 100 block of West 186 Street in Galliano.
The vessel had been sitting on a trailer in the owner’s yard, without batteries where it was being serviced in preparation for a launch in a charter fishing business.
During that time, the boat had been set ablaze and heavy fire damage was done to the back of the boat where a gas can with a rag for a wick was also located burned.
After investigation, the fire was deemed incendiary.
The victim told investigators that he thought his former employer, Max Cheramie, had something to do with the fire, as the victim had recently left Cheramie’s business to start his own.
Over the past eight months, investigators’ efforts led them to also identify Gabriel Cheramie, Anthony Bouffanie and Adam Theriot as persons of interest in this case.
Authorities were finally able to get an interview with Bouffanie earlier this month and he admitted his involvement in this incident and detailed what happened.
According to Bouffanie, he was approached by Gabriel Cheramie about a request from Max Cheramie to have the victim’s boat disabled with a special wire, provided by Max Cheramie, which would prevent the vessel from operating.
Bouffanie said he would do the job, but only for a fee.
Bouffanie then got Adam Theriot involved in the plan, believing they’d both get paid to disable the boat.
The night of the arson, Bouffanie told investigators that he and Theriot, both on drugs, drove to the victim’s home in a borrowed truck.
Bouffanie stayed in the truck while Theriot approached the boat wearing a disguise and gloves.
Bouffanie says Theriot returned to the truck saying he had been unable to cut wires to the vessel, so he instead placed a gas can he found on the boat, dipped a rag inside to create a wick, lit it on fire, then fled.
Bouffanie says the pair drove across the canal to watch the fire grow, took pictures of it and sent it to Gabriel Cheramie to prove the job was done, but he claims he was never paid.
Following Theriot and Gabriel Cheramie’s arrests, both admitted their involvement and corroborated Bouffanie’s detail of what happened.
Authorities also located Max Cheramie, but his attorney declined a request by investigators to interview him.
Adam Theriot was arrested in the Monroe area on July 10 and is charged with one count of simple arson.
Gabriel Cheramie was arrested on July 13 and is charged with one count of principle to simple arson and criminal conspiracy.
Anthony Bouffanie Jr. was booked into the Lafourche Parish Jail on one count of principal to simple arson and conspiracy to commit simple arson.
Max Cheramie turned himself in to authorities on July 23. He was booked on one count of principal to simple arson and criminal conspiracy.
