Cops

Body of Doucet is identified

Sergeant Darrian Guillory of the Ville Platte Police Department reports the state crime lab has completed DNA testing of the human remains discovered on December 23, 2024, on Wabash Road, off of Tate Cove Road in Ville Platte.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Updates are given on skeletal remains

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the identity of a set of skeletal remains that were found on December 21, 2024, near the Martin Luther King Center in Ville Platte. The remains have been identified as the body of 16-year-old Dajavon Wilson.

Officer questions leadership ability of Ville Platte chief

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - Jamshad Fayyaz, a part-time officer with the Ville Platte Police Department who is also the chief of police in Simmesport, addressed the Ville Platte City Council regarding issues with the city’s chief of police, Al Perry Thomas.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Investigation continues to identify human remains

Sergeant Darrian Guillory of the Ville Platte Police Department reports further investigation into the human remains discovered on December 23, 2024, on Wabush Road, north of Ville Platte. A search & recovery mission took place from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon on Saturday, January 11.

Couple is arrested for crimes against juvenile

On December 4, 2024, Deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office responded to the Pizza Hut in the City of Ville Platte to take a complaint that there was possible abuse of a child on Jean Pierre Road in the Ville Platte area. The complainant was concerned relative.

First shootings of 2025 are reported

VILLE PLATTE — Chief Al Perry Thomas reported the Ville Platte Police Department is currently investigating two shootings which happened in the past week. The first shooting was reported at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, January 3, near the 900 block of N. Chataignier Street.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.