Cops

Shooting in Ville Platte is being investigated

Chief Neal Lartigue reports a shooting. On January 8, 2022 at approximately 6:45 p.m., Officers with the Ville Platte Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in an apartment complex in the 800 block of North Latour Street in Ville Platte.

TCPD remains busy over holidays

Officers with the Turkey Creek Police Department, on December 22, 2021, assisted Louisiana State Police Probation and Parole with a compliance check on a Mathew Johnson. Upon arrival at the residence, Johnson admitted he and Mary Hebert had marijuana in their possession.

EPSO ends 2021 and begins 2022 with drug arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Departments Narcotic Division, on December 30, 2021, conducted a traffic stop on a car on Hwy 167 North. While speaking to the driver of the car, she admitted to having narcotics hidden on her. She then turned over the narcotics and gave consent to search the car.

Drunk driver fatally collides with Eunice civil clerk

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Department, at approximately 11:23 p.m. on December 31, 2021, received a call of a wreck on Morning Glory Road, in the Basile area. When deputies arrived on scene, they discovered a two-vehicle wreck, north of the train tracks involving a Toyota Camry and a GMC Yukon.

Intoxication determined as major factor in quadruple fatality crash in St. Landry Parish

Toxicology tests from John Lundy, the driver that caused the head-on collision on December 17, 2021, that claimed his life and the lives of three innocent victims, have been completed by the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons: • Daniel John Slocum, 34, Bunkie, was arrested December 26, 2021, by the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office for disturbing the peace by intoxication.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons: • Garret Paul Mire, 28, Ville Platte, was arrested December 20, 2021, by the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office for interruption of any lawful assembly.

Joint Operations between EPSO And The Louisiana Dept Probation & Parole lead to Narcotics Arrests

Sheriff Charles R. Guillory, of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office releases the following: On the 20th of December, 2021- A joint operation between the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office and the Louisiana Department of Probation and Parole was conducted.

Public Service Announcement from Sheriff Charles Guillory

I, Sheriff Charles R. Guillory, would like to thank the citizens of Evangeline parish, for the support that they have shown myself and my office this past year. We have faced many difficult challenges in our community.