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EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

News Staff
Thursday, May 14, 2026
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arrested were the following persons: •Brad Cart, 51, Eunice, was arrested May 11, 2026, for domestic abuse battery.
Ville Platte Chief of Police A. Perry Thomas (center) and other law enforcement officers investigate evidence collected at the scene of a fatal shooting in Ville Platte on Monday, May 4. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Ville Platte Chief of Police A. Perry Thomas (center) and other law enforcement officers investigate evidence collected at the scene of a fatal shooting in Ville Platte on Monday, May 4. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

VPHS student is killed in shooting

News Staff
Thursday, May 7, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - The life of a Ville Platte High School student was tragically cut short after he was shot and killed on the afternoon of Monday, May 4. According to a press release from the Ville Platte Police Department, the shooting occurred shortly before 1 p.m.
EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

News Staff
Thursday, May 7, 2026
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arrested were the following persons: •Richard Allen Boyd, 42, Mamou, was arrested May 1, 2026, for disturbing the peace by intoxication.
Breaking News

Breaking News

Juvenile Murdered/Suspect Arrested

News Staff
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Chief A. Perry Thomas reports there was a shooting on Monday, May, 4, 2026, shortly before 1:00 p.m. near the intersection of Martin Luther King Street and Calcasieu Street in Ville Platte. Pronounced dead at the scene was a 15-year-old male juvenile. The gun used was an AR pistol.
Shooting

Shooting

Police and deputies investigate shooting

News Staff
Monday, May 4, 2026
The Ville Platte Police Department, with the assistance from the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on Monday afternoon on Martin Luther King St. More information will be reported as it becomes available.
EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

News Staff
Monday, May 4, 2026
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Local Headline

Local Headline

Ville Platte Police Department achieves compliance

News Staff
Thursday, April 30, 2026
VILLE PLATTE - The United States Department of Justice has closed its investigation into the Ville Platte Police Department, concluding a federal civil rights review that began in 2015 and followed formal findings of unconstitutional detention practices in 2016.
EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

News Staff
Thursday, April 30, 2026
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Breaking News

Breaking News

Fatal Pedestrian Crash Under Investigation

News Staff
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Mamou — On April 24, 2026, at approximately 4:50 a.m., the Mamou Police Department received a 911 call from the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office regarding a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian in the area of 8th Street and South Street.
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