By: TONY MARKS Editor An inmate, identified as 25-year-old Jeremy Ben, was found dead in the Ville Platte City Jail at around 5:47 p.m. on Monday, August 7. Ville Platte Chief of Police Al Perry Thomas confirmed the cause of death was a suicide. According to Chief Thomas, other inmates saw Ben leaving his cell and assumed he was going take a shower. As time passed, however, he did not return…
June 20, 2026
