Cops

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.

VPPD reports fatal shooting

Chief A. Perry Thomas reports that on Saturday, September 14, 2024, at approximately 12:45 p.m., the Ville Platte Police Department was notified of multiple gunshots fired at the Parkview Apartments on Dupre 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.

Warrants are issued after VP police chase

During the early hours of September 2, as officers with the Ville Platte Police Department were on patrol, they observed a vehicle commit a traffic infraction. As the officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver sped away and led the officers on a brief chase.

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.

Candidate announcement: Pine Prairie police chief seeks re-election

Pine Prairie Chief of Police L.C. Deshotel has announced his candidacy for re-election on the November ballot. In his election, Chief Deshotel said the following: “To the residents of Pine Prairie. I, L.C. Deshotel, am asking for your support in the upcoming chief of police election on November 5.”

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.

Task force arrests Perkins on drug, gun charges

Upon the completion of a lengthy investigation into a residence of illegal activity, on August 6, the recently formed Narcotics Task Force, that includes narcotic agents and SWAT members from Evangeline and Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office, executed a no-knock search warrant on the 500 block of East...