Suspect in burglary at local ATM turns self in to EPSO

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Additional information was released from the Ville Platte Police Department regarding a theft that happened at a bank on Main Street.
“On December 1, 2017, the Ville Platte Police Department requested information on the identity of a suspect that robbed someone at an ATM at a local bank on West Main Street,” the police department said is a statement. “Today Chief Neal Lartigue has issued an update to this investigation.”
The statement went on to say as follows: “Spencer Charles Williams, 29, of 707 Young Street, Ville Platte has turned himself in to the warden at the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office and was transported and booked into the Ville Platte City Jail on the charge of simple robbery.
Chief Lartigue reports that in an interview with Detective Alex Dunn, Williams admitted to taking money from the victim while the victim was parked at the ATM.”
Chief Lartigue reminds residents to report any suspicious person or activity by contacting the Ville Platte Police Department at (337) 363-1313. Your call will remain anonymous.