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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>

In 1983, Fuselier oversaw the completion of a new jail; in 1990, the installation of a parish-wide [[911]] system; in 1991, the creation of a sheriff's substation, and in 1995, the construction of a facility for juveniles.In 1996, he received the "National Sheriff of the Year" award, an honor for which he expressed "shock". [[U.S. Representative]] Jimmy Hayes of Louisiana's since disbanded 7th congressional district honored Fuselier in a speech delivered on the floor of Congress. In his address, Hayes noted that Fuselier initiated a local partnership between the sheriff's office, the St. Martinville chief of police, and the [[American Association of Retired Persons]] to create the first TRIAD program in St. Martin Parish, seeks to prevent crimes against senior citizens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitolwords.org/date/1996/04/16/E530_honoring-sheriff-charles-a-fuselier-sheriff-of-the/|title=Honoring Sheriff Charles A. Fuselier, Sheriff of the Year|publisher=Capitolwords.org|accessdate=December8, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.is/20131209023046/http://capitolwords.org/date/1996/04/16/E530_honoring-sheriff-charles-a-fuselier-sheriff-of-the/#|archive-date=December 9, 2013|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1999, the St. Martin Parish sheriff's officeunder Fuselier became the first in Louisiana to receive the imprint of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.<ref name=fourhclubs>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanewsbureau.com/inst/2008RS/HCR/00/08RS-HCR35_Enrolled.pdf|title=A Concurrent Resolution|publisher=lanewsbureau.com|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> He was named "Sheriff of the Year" in Louisiana by the [[Farm Bureau]]. He was a past president of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association and a former board member of the National Sheriffs' Association. For thirty years, he was a member of the board of directors of Teche Bank.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvertiser/obituary.aspx?pid=179435084|title=Charles Fuselier obituary|date=March 30, 2016|publisher=''Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|accessdate=February 24, 2019}}</ref>

In 1983, Fuselier oversaw the completion of a new jail; in 1990, the installation of a parish-wide [[911]] system; in 1991, the creation of a sheriff's substation, and in 1995, the construction of a facility for juveniles.In 1996, he received the "National Sheriff of the Year" award, an honor for which he expressed "shock". [[U.S. Representative]] Jimmy Hayes of Louisiana's since disbanded 7th congressional district honored Fuselier in a speech delivered on the floor of Congress. In his address, Hayes noted that Fuselier initiated a local partnership between the sheriff's office, the St. Martinville chief of police, and the [[American Association of Retired Persons]] to create the first TRIAD program in St. Martin Parish, seeks to prevent crimes against senior citizens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitolwords.org/date/1996/04/16/E530_honoring-sheriff-charles-a-fuselier-sheriff-of-the/|title=Honoring Sheriff Charles A. Fuselier, Sheriff of the Year|publisher=Capitolwords.org|accessdate=December 8, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.is/20131209023046/http://capitolwords.org/date/1996/04/16/E530_honoring-sheriff-charles-a-fuselier-sheriff-of-the/#|archive-date=December 9, 2013|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1999, the St. Martin Parish sheriff's officeunder Fuselier became the first in Louisiana to receive the imprint of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.<ref name=fourhclubs>{{cite web|url=http://www.lanewsbureau.com/inst/2008RS/HCR/00/08RS-HCR35_Enrolled.pdf|title=A Concurrent Resolution|publisher=lanewsbureau.com|accessdate=December 8, 2013}}</ref> He was named "Sheriff of the Year" in Louisiana by the [[Farm Bureau]]. He was a past president of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association and a former board member of the National Sheriffs' Association. For thirty years, he was a member of the board of directors of Teche Bank.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvertiser/obituary.aspx?pid=179435084|title=Charles Fuselier obituary|date=March 30, 2016|publisher=''Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|accessdate=February 24, 2019}}</ref>

Though Fuselier's political career occurred while he was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], the office of the Louisiana Secretary of State in 2013 listed Fuselier and his wife, the former Lyndahl Hobgood (born June 1943), as [[Republican Party|Republican]] voters.

Though Fuselier's political career occurred while he was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], the office of the Louisiana Secretary of State in 2013 listed Fuselier and his wife, the former Lyndahl Hobgood (born June 1943), as [[Republican Party|Republican]] voters.