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On November 4, 2023, the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) DC-1 Jail Facility in Marksville reported a crime of violence committed against 26-year-old Jerome Stevenson, who was incarcerated in DC-1 at the time.  Stevenson later died from his injuries.  The APSO Criminal Investigations Unit investigated the matter.  After a finding of probable cause, arrest warrants […]

In the late morning hours of today, January 27, 2024, the Avoyelles Parish Communication Dispatch Center received 911 calls of a suspect making bomb threats and criminally damaging property on Goudeau Road, Evergreen LA.  The suspect, 36-year-old Joshua Nugent of 127 Goudeau Road, barricaded himself in his residence upon the arrival of responding law enforcement

APSO Drug Arrest in Cottonport, LA On Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at approximately 1030 hours, the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) Deputies and the Louisiana Probation & Parole worked together to seize drugs and drug paraphernalia and arrest 61-year-old Dennis Wiley of Plaucheville, LA.  The seized items were approximately 10.3 ounces of a crystal-like substance

Jerome Stevenson Death Investigation On the evening of Saturday, November 4, 2023, the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office DC-1 Jail Facility in Marksville reported an offender-on-offender crime of violence.  An Ambulance was requested.  Acadian Ambulance Service responded to APSO DC-1, they administered an emergency medical evaluation and treatment of a 26-year-old offender, Jerome Stevenson, and then

Escapee Captured in Cottonport, LA On the evening of December 27, 2023, the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office received information that the escapee, 20-year-old Joseph T. Ewing, was located at 256 St. John Street, Cottonport, LA.  We were quickly able to verify that information.  Deputies, Detectives and local law enforcement agencies from across the Parish converged

Escapee from DC-1 Jail Facility in Marksville, LA On the evening of December 25, 2023, the Avoyelles 911 Communication Center received a report from DC-1 Corrections Staff of the escape of one offender from the Jail facility in Marksville, LA.  The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office and Louisiana Department of Corrections / Raymond Laborde Correctional Center

Christmas Season Burglary and Theft Prevention Tips Millions of packages will be delivered this Christmas season.  Every year, thousands of people have a blue holiday after their gifts are stolen. A common time of year for stolen packages, home invasions, and burglaries in general.  The holiday season is a time when people must be especially

AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BOOKING REPORT 11/27/2023 – 12/03/2023 NAME, AGE, ADDRESS, CITY, DATE BOOKED, OFFENSE(S): AUGUSTINE JR., AMOS, 60, 307 MARTIN LUTHER KING DR., BUNKIE, 12/02/2023, DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY. BIDDLE, BENJAMIN MICHAEL,36, 1334 PHILADELPHIA RD., DEVILLE, 11/28/2023, CONTEMPT – FAIL TO APPEAR. BORDELON, BRADY D., 46, 406 LEMOINE LN., MOREAUVILLE, 12/01/2023, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED

AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BOOKING REPORT 11/17/2023 – 11/26/2023 NAME, AGE, ADDRESS, CITY, DATE BOOKED, OFFENSE(S): AMOS, MEGAN, 32, 124 RIVER RD, MARKSVILLE, 11/23/2023, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED – 1ST OFFENSE, MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT, POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN MOTOR VEHICLES. BRYANT, JUSTIN J., 37, 242 MOSES LANE, MARKSVILLE, 11/23/2023, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED – 1ST OFFENSE,

AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BOOKING REPORT 11/13/2023 – 11/16/2023 NAME, AGE, ADDRESS, CITY, DATE BOOKED, OFFENSE(S): ALEMAN, VALERIE, 43, 1805 COMAN CHEST, CORPUS CHRISTE, TX, 11/15/2023, BATTERY OF A DATING PARTNER. AYMOND, BLAKE J., 43, 409 BORDELON RD, HESSMER, 11/15/2023, PROBATION/PAROLE VIOLATION. BEARD, KARI, 40, 61 DUPUY, ALEXANDRIA, 11/14/2023, POSSESSION OF SCHED II DRUG W/INTENT