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'''Charles Auguste Fuselier, Sr.''' (December 28, 1942 &ndash; March 27, 2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Charles+Auguste_Fuselier&birth=1942|title=Charles Auguste Fuselier|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=February 22, 2019}}</ref> was from 1980 until 2003 the [[sheriff]]  of St. Martin Parish, [[Louisiana]].Known for innovations in his office, Fuselier resigned prior to the 2003 [[primary]] election for what would have otherwise been his seventh term.

'''Charles Auguste Fuselier, Sr.''' (December 28, 1942 &ndash; March 27, 2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Charles+Auguste_Fuselier&birth=1942|title=Charles Auguste Fuselier|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=February 22, 2019}}</ref> was from 1980 until 2003 the [[sheriff]]  of St. Martin Parish, [[Louisiana]], known for innovations in his office, Fuselier resigned prior to the 2003 [[primary]] election for what would have otherwise been his seventh term.

Fuselier's father, Charles Joseph Fuselier (1918-1979), resigned in 1978 as the St. Martin Parish sheriff. Charles A. Fuselier was elected sheriff in 1979 and took office in the summer of 1980, after the two-year interim period of Sheriff Allan B. Durand (1919–2006). Durand had been chief deputy under the first Sheriff Fuselier and continued thereafter as first deputy under Charles A. Fuselier until Durand's retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pellerinfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1072392|title=Life Legacy: Allan B. Durand|publisher=Pellerinfuneralhome.com|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> He was reelected in 1983 with more than 86 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10221983/10221983_50.html|title=Results for Election in St. Martin Parish|date=October 22, 1983|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> In his last contested re-election in 1995, Fuselier polled more than 65 percent of the vote over three opponents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10211995/10211995_50.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/21/1995: St. Martin Parish|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> He was succeeded by Ronald J. "Ronny" Theriot (born 1946), an [[Independent voter|Independent]] and former major with the LouisianaState Police, who assumed the office on October 16, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042003/10042003_50.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/4/2003: St. Martin Parish|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 8,2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmartinsheriff.org/about-us|title=About Us: Sheriff Ronald J. Theriot|publisher=Stmartinsheriff.org|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref>

Fuselier's father, Charles Joseph Fuselier (1918-1979), resigned in 1978 as the St. Martin Parish sheriff. Charles A. Fuselier was elected sheriff in 1979 and took office in the summer of 1980, after the two-year interim period of Sheriff Allan B. Durand (1919–2006). Durand had been chief deputy under the first Sheriff Fuselier and continued thereafter as first deputy under Charles A. Fuselier until Durand's retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pellerinfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1072392|title=Life Legacy: Allan B. Durand|publisher=Pellerinfuneralhome.com|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> He was reelected in 1983 with more than 86 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10221983/10221983_50.html|title=Results for Election in St. Martin Parish|date=October 22, 1983|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> In his last contested re-election in 1995, Fuselier polled more than 65 percent of the vote over three opponents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10211995/10211995_50.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/21/1995: St. Martin Parish|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> He was succeeded by Ronald J. "Ronny" Theriot (born 1946), an [[Independent voter|Independent]] and former major with the LouisianaState Police, who assumed the office on October 16, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042003/10042003_50.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/4/2003: St. Martin Parish|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 8,2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmartinsheriff.org/about-us|title=About Us: Sheriff Ronald J. Theriot|publisher=Stmartinsheriff.org|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref>