Cops

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.

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.

Body is located

Law enforcement officers have found a body located in a wooded area near the Martin Luther King Center in Ville Platte. The matter remains under investigation, and officers are awaiting the results of an autopsy. More information will be released once it becomes available.

Law enforcement investigates shooting of VP chief

Law enforcement agents are investigating after an alleged accidental shooting wounded Ville Platte Chief of Police Al Perry Thomas and two other individuals. More information will be released as it becomes available.

Missing juvenile is reported

Ville Platte Chief of Police A. Perry Thomas reported on the recent disappearance of 16-year-old Dajavon Wilson, a Mamou resident who reportedly went missing from Ville Platte. Wilson was reported missing by his family on Saturday, December 14, 2024.

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.

More information is given on arrest of Gallow

Chief A. Perry Thomas reports that on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, the Ville Platte Police Department arrested 52-year-old Elrick Gallow and charged him with the Second Degree Murder of Keabreonna “KeKe” Doucet.

Arrest is made in connection with missing woman

The Ville Platte Police Department has confirmed the arrest of Elrick J. Gallow, 52, of Baton Rouge, in connection with the disappearance of Keabreonna Doucet. Gallow is charged with second degree murder and is being held in the Evangeline Parish jail on no bond.