Coast Guard 24 foot Special Purpose Craft – Shallow Water File Photo
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for an overdue vessel Monday near Lake Felicity.
Missing is Percy Dardar III, a 37-year-old male from Pointe-aux-Chenes. He was last seen wearing a hoodie, jeans and white shrimping boots.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report around 5:30 a.m. from the Terrebonne Sheriff’s Department that Dardar had left a local boat ramp around 3 p.m. Sunday to look for oysters, and then did not return.
The vessel is described as a 24-foot white Carolina skiff.
Currently involved in the search:
- Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew
- Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water boat crew
- Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Department
- Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
- Lafourche Sheriff’s Department
Anyone with information regarding this case is requested to contact the Sector New Orleans command center at 504-365-2200.
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