Cops

Arrests are made for stolen ATVs

On August 9, the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office received a report of a stolen ATV (2012 Canam side-by-side black in color) from the 1500 Blk. of Cousins Rd. in Evangeline Parish.

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.

Gunshots interrupt football jamboree

By Rhett Manuel Sports Editor VILLE PLATTE – The curtain-raiser on the high school football season in Evangeline Parish was cut short Friday night.

Arrest is made for vehicle arson

On Friday, June 30th the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a Vehicle fire on Greenwood Road, west of Tigerlane in Mamou. The investigation revealed the vehicle was stolen from North Dakota by Chance Traveler Standridge (Mandane N. Dakota, W/M DOB 10/6/1996) and his accomplice.

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.

Fatality is reported

On the 16 th of August 2023 at 5:27pm the Evangeline Parish Sheriff Department, received a call of a motor vehicle accident on Tiger Lane. Upon arrival deputies discovered the vehicle had rolled over several times and the driver was ejected.

Housing Authority, City Council work toward crime solutions

By: NANCY DUPLECHAIN Staff Reporter At the previous Ville Platte City Council meeting, the subject of crime prevention was discussed, and particular attention was aimed at Housing Authority properties and surrounding neighborhoods where a number of violent and deadly crimes have taken place...

Body is found in a Ville Platte ditch

Ville Platte Police are investigating a possible homicide after a body was found in a ditch off of Edward Knotoe Thomas Jr. Street. The body was found on the evening of Monday, August 14.

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.

Chief apologizes for outburst

By: TONY MARKS Editor At the Pine Prairie Council Meeting, held Thursday, August 10, Chief of Police L.C. Deshotel apologized for his outburst during last month’s meeting. His outburst came over the council’s refusal to purchase him a new police unit.