Two charged with attempted first-degree murder

On September 14, the Ville Platte Police Department responded to a call in which someone claimed they were being followed and shot at by two suspects in a vehicle.
Officers located the vehicle on East Jefferson Street and stopped it. That’s when they saw a .45 caliber pistol and a large Ziploc bag with multiple smaller bags inside containing a green leafy substance that they believed to be marijuana. There also was a black bag containing a digital scale, an undisclosed amount of cash and another bag containing a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana.
Jamison Cortez Thomas, 25, 512 South Stagg Street, Ville Platte was arrested without incident and charged with attempted first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession with intent to distribute a Schedule I narcotic (marijuana), illegal carrying of weapon while in possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of or dealing in a firearm with obliterated number or mark.
Thomas was booked into the Ville Platte City Jail and later transferred to the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office on a bond of $500,000 set by Judge John Larry Vidrine.
Daquonnyie Thomas, 20, 713 Parkview Apartment 107, Ville Platte, was arrested without incident and charged with attempted first-degree murder, possession with intent to distribute a Schedule I narcotic (marijuana), illegal carrying of a weapon while in possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of or dealing in a firearm with obliterated number or mark. Thomas was booked into the Ville Platte City Jail and later transferred to the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office on a bond of $500,000 set by Judge John Larry Vidrine.
Ville Platte Police Chief Neal Lartigue reminds residents to report suspicious and illegal activity to help keep offenders off of our streets. Call the Ville Platte Police Department at 363-1313. Your call will remain anonymous.