VPPD responds to armed robbery

By News Staff on Thursday, February 12, 2026
  • Pictured is the suspect, in a clown mask, who is wanted in connection to an armed robbery. (Photo courtesy of Ville Platte Police Department)
    Pictured is the suspect, in a clown mask, who is wanted in connection to an armed robbery. (Photo courtesy of Ville Platte Police Department)

    Ville Platte Chief of Police A. Perry Thomas reports, at approximately 9:34 p.m., on Wednesday, February 4, the Dollar General, on Tate Cove Road, was robbed at gun point. Security footage shows a suspect with a slender build, wearing a black hoodie, ripped jeans, and a clown Halloween mask enter the store while brandishing a black firearm with an extended clip. According to detectives, store em…