Press Releases

Date:  August 23, 2023 School Bomb Threat On the morning of August 22, 2023, a Marksville PD Officer received a report of a bomb threat to the Marksville High School and Marksville Elementary School.  Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) School Resource Officer, APSO Deputies, and local law enforcement agencies were immediately notified and contacted to […]

AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BOOKING REPORT 08/07/2023 – 08/13/2023 NAME, AGE, ADDRESS, CITY, DATE BOOKED, OFFENSE(S): AUGUSTINE, ROBERT, 24, 410 UNION ST., SIMMESPORT, 08/13/2023, DISTURBING THE PEACE, ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER, ILLEGAL USE OF WEAPONS OR DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTALITIES/Aggravated Assault. BOOKER, WILLIAM R., 25, 4764 FERDINAND ST., ST. FRANCISVILLE, 08/11/2023, POSSESSION OF FIREARM-FELON. BRADFORD, SHON P.,

AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BOOKING REPORT 07/31/2023 – 08/06/2023 NAME, AGE, ADDRESS, CITY, DATE BOOKED, OFFENSE(S): ASSAF, AMJAD, 57, 700 LACOUR ST., BUNKIE, 08/05/2023, DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY, STALKING, ASSAULT-SIMPLE. BRYANT, NIKKI, 43, 167 MLK Drive, MARKSVILLE, 08/01/2023, PROBATION/PAROLE VIOLATION. BUSH, CHAD K., 42, 40 TENNESSEE ST., ALEXANDRIA, 08/02/2023, CONTEMPT – FAIL TO APPEAR, CONTEMPT –

AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BOOKING REPORT 07/24/2023 – 07/30/2023 NAME, AGE, ADDRESS, CITY, DATE BOOKED, OFFENSE(S): ALEXANDER, PATRICIA A., 58, South SIMMS ST., SIMMESPORT, 07/30/2023, DISTURBING THE PEACE, CRIMINAL TRESPASS/ All Other Offenses, VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDERS. ARDOIN, DEVENSKI, 43, 614 OVERTON ST., MARKSVILLE, 07/29/2023, DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY, KIDNAPPING – SIMPLE, BATTERY-SIMPLE. BERNARD, GLENN J.,

08/01/2023 – Wanted Fugitives Captured The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) and the United States Marshall Fugitive Task Force were actively working together to find and apprehend 49-year-old David W. Simpson II of Ellis Mills Road, Hessmer, LA. The APSO investigation revealed on Friday, July 21, 2023, Simpson II committed the following offenses: False Imprisonment

Bayou Dulac Bridge on LA 115 in the Bayhills Community south of Hessmer, LA has been repaired and re-opened.

AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BOOKING REPORT 07/17/2023 – 07/23/2023 NAME, AGE, ADDRESS, CITY, DATE BOOKED, OFFENSE(S): AUGUSTINE, LEONARD, 29, 305 FERDINAND ST., MARKSVILLE, 07/22/2023, TRESPASS-CRIMINAL. BERNARD, JESSICA LYNN, 40, 271 LONGBRIDGE RD, COTTONPORT, 07/17/2023, CONTEMPT – FAIL TO APPEAR. BORDELON, GAGE N., 22, 160 BIENVENUE LANE MARKSVILLE, 07/20/2023, DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY BY STRANGULATION, ASSAULT-SIMPLE. CLAIRDAY,

AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BOOKING REPORT 07/10/2023 – 07/16/2023 NAME, AGE, ADDRESS, CITY, DATE BOOKED, OFFENSE(S): AUGUSTINE SR., JASON TODD, 36, 732 GUM RIDGE RD, MARKSVILLE, 07/11/2023, FAILURE TO REGISTER. BARRON, MICHAEL JOSEPH, 36, 611 ROSE ST. BUNKIE, 07/13/2023, CONTEMPT-FAIL TO COMPLY WITH TERMS OF SENTENCE, CONTEMPT-FAIL TO APPEAR -TRAFFIC, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED – 3RD

The Bayou Dulac Bridge on LA 115 in the Bayhills Community south of Hessmer, LA has been closed for emergency repairs. Updates forthcoming.

Wanted Suspect Attacked A Female Victim On Friday, July 21, 2023, The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office received a complaint that a woman was held at gunpoint against her will at 405 Ellis Mills Road, Hessmer, LA.  The two male subjects reportedly threatened to kill her.    APSO Deputies and Detectives responded to the scene.  Before the