Cops

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.

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.

Butler is arrested for sexual assault of bed-bound patient

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office has reported the arrest of a suspect for sexual assault of a bed-bound patient.

Three are arrested for burglaries of vehicles, residences

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office has reported the arrest of three suspects for burglaries of vehicles and residences. In the early morning hours of December 5, an Evangeline Parish Sheriff's patrol deputy observed a suspicious vehicle in the 6400 block of Grand Prairie Rd., 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.

City worker is struck, killed

A day after a second set of skeletal remains was found in or around the City of Ville Platte, a city worker was struck by a vehicle and killed while laying down traffic cones on Christmas Eve.

Body is found north of VP off of Tate Cove Road

Sergeant Darrian Guillory of the Ville Platte Police Department reports human remains were found on Monday, December 23, 2024. The remains were discovered north of Ville Platte off of Tate Cove Road.

VPPD confirms body is found

Chief A. Perry Thomas reports a body was found on Saturday, December 21, 2024. The body was discovered in a field, south of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center. Ville Platte Police and Evangeline Parish Sheriff Deputies responded to the scene. Detectives are investigating, and an identity is pending.