Cops

The following individuals failed to appear in the Ville Platte City Court. Bench warrants have been issued by Judge Gregory Vidrine, for these individuals, for their failure to appear in court on traffic tickets and other misdemeanor charges for the months of December, 2015.

The Ville Platte Police Department reported 20 recent booking into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons:

On the evening of November 19, 2015, at approximately 8:55 p.m., an Evangeline Parish Deputy Sheriff attempted to stop a vehicle on U.S. 167 due to excessive speed in a 45 MPH.

The Ville Platte Police Department reported eight recent booking into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons:

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported 34 recent booking into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons:

With felony charges hanging over their heads, two Mamou police employees were allowed to resign rather than be terminated during a special meeting of the Mamou Town Council held last Thursday evening.

According to a press release by the Ville Platte Police Department, on Tuesday September 15 the Investigations Division of the VPPD received an anonymous tip reporting narcotic activity in an apartment on North Chataignier Street.

Sheriff Eddie Soileau, of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, issued the following statement:

The manhunt for Brandon Messer has come to an end.
Messer, who had been on the run since Thursday, August 20, turned himself in to Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office late on Monday, August 24.

Pine Prairie Police Department (PPPD) released a statement about the recent arrest of a Pine Prairie Family Dollar employee for felony theft.