Cops

Serie is arrested for fraud

By: TONY MARKS Editor The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Elizabeth Serie in connection with alleged fraud.

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. Arrested were the following persons: •Brad Cart, 51, Eunice, was arrested May 11, 2026, for domestic abuse battery.

VPHS student is killed in shooting

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - The life of a Ville Platte High School student was tragically cut short after he was shot and killed on the afternoon of Monday, May 4. According to a press release from the Ville Platte Police Department, the shooting occurred shortly before 1 p.m.

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. Arrested were the following persons: •Richard Allen Boyd, 42, Mamou, was arrested May 1, 2026, for disturbing the peace by intoxication.

Juvenile Murdered/Suspect Arrested

Chief A. Perry Thomas reports there was a shooting on Monday, May, 4, 2026, shortly before 1:00 p.m. near the intersection of Martin Luther King Street and Calcasieu Street in Ville Platte. Pronounced dead at the scene was a 15-year-old male juvenile. The gun used was an AR pistol.

Police and deputies investigate shooting

The Ville Platte Police Department, with the assistance from the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on Monday afternoon on Martin Luther King St. More information will be reported as it becomes available.

Agents arrest Frank narcotic charges

By: TONY MARKS Editor A suspect has been arrested following an execution of a knock and announce warrant.

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.

Ville Platte Police Department achieves compliance

VILLE PLATTE - The United States Department of Justice has closed its investigation into the Ville Platte Police Department, concluding a federal civil rights review that began in 2015 and followed formal findings of unconstitutional detention practices in 2016.