Former VP Deputy City Marshal trial date set for March 18

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A former Ville Platte deputy city marshal and police officer for the Village of Chataignier appeared in a Jefferson Davis Parish courtroom Wednesday on charges related to prostitution for a pre-trial hearing and will return to court for his trial on March 18.
Arthur Phillips, 50, was due to be in court originally for a pre-trial hearing on May 2, 2018; however, the matter was passed to his trial date because he had not appeared. According to the Jefferson Davis Parish Clerk of Court Office, no new court date had been set at that time.
Phillips was arrested in May of 2017 after being accused of promoting prostitution by ordering women to perform sexual acts on himself and with other people.
“Phillips picked up the woman in Ville Platte in his unmarked Ville Platte City Marshal vehicle on Friday, May 5, and brought her to his home in Fenton, where they had consensual sex,” said Chief Deputy Chris Ivey, Jeff Davis Sheriff’s Office spokesman.