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EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

News Staff
Monday, March 3, 2025
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: • Damian Jeanmard Franks, 41, St.
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VP officer says he has not worked since speaking at meeting

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor Officer Jamshad Fayyaz, with the Ville Platte Police Department, claims he has not worked since speaking out against Chief of Police Al Perry Thomas during the Tuesday, January 14, city council meeting.
EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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Residents are warned of IRS scam

News Staff
Thursday, February 20, 2025
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office is informing the public to be vigilant of an on-going IRS scam. According to a release from the sheriff’s office, the IRS will never contact you by phone or text. The IRS strictly contacts you by U.S. Mail. If you receive a text, it is a scam.
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ICE Correctional Agent is arrested

News Staff
Thursday, February 13, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor A correctional officer at the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center is in custody on drug related charges. Items related to a burglary of a Pine Prairie pharmacy were also recovered as part of the investigation.
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EPSO is released

News Staff
Thursday, February 13, 2025
By: STEPHEN MARCANTEL The Advocate (Editor’s Note: The comments from Sheriff Charles Guillory were added by Ville Platte Gazette editor Tony Marks.
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Postal worker is arrested

News Staff
Thursday, February 13, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor A United States Postal Service employee faces drug and theft charges after a recent arrest by the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office.
EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

News Staff
Thursday, February 13, 2025
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
UPDATE ON NEW JAIL FACILITY GIVEN - Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory (center) visited the February 4, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club to give members an update on the progress of the new jail facility being built in Industrial Park. He is shown with Rotarian Bill Brunet (left) and Rotary President Bob Manuel (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

UPDATE ON NEW JAIL FACILITY GIVEN - Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory (center) visited the February 4, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club to give members an update on the progress of the new jail facility being built in Industrial Park. He is shown with Rotarian Bill Brunet (left) and Rotary President Bob Manuel (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

Ville Platte Rotary: Sheriff Guillory gives update on new jail facility

News Staff
Monday, February 10, 2025
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Bill Brunet invited Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory to be the guest speaker at the Tuesday, January 14, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club.
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