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.

One is dead after shooting in Ville Platte

Ville Platte Chief of Police Al Perry Thomas confirmed one victim has died and a suspect is in custody following a shooting.

Trattles is arrested for sex crimes

On May 1, 2023, the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division opened an investigation in reference to a possible attempted sexual assault involving two female victims.

Escaped inmate is captured

On May 30, Sheriff Charles Guillory received a phone call from a local Lafayette television station advising that Jody Thomas Thrasher, an inmate who escaped from the parish jail on Sunday, May 28, had called and was wanting to turn himself in.

EPSO seeks escaped inmate

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff Department is looking for an inmate who escaped on the 28 of May 2023. The escaped inmate was in custody for drug and gun charges. The escaped inmate is believed to still be in the Evangeline parish area.

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.

Louisiana State Police Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting

Acadia Parish- The Eunice Police Department requested Troopers to investigate an officer-involved shooting on James Place near Perchville Road in Acadia Parish. One subject was shot and transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No officers were injured during the incident.

Other escapee is apprehended

Christopher Tezeno, the other prisoner who escaped from the Ville Platte city jail on Saturday, May 13, has been apprehended today, May 19, Chief Al Perry Thomas confirmed. More information will be reported when it becomes available.

VP juvenile is caught

The suspect allegedly involved in a shooting last Friday in Ville Platte at the intersection of Coreil Street and Magnolia Street was apprehended without incident on Thursday, May 18, at the Ville Platte High School graduation.