MAN ARRESTED FOR MULTIPLE WARRANTS – LEADS TO RECOVERY OF STOLEN FIREARM     In December 2021, Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office Investigators began searching for 47-year-old David W. Simpson II of Mansura, LA.  Simpson was wanted by APSO on multiple arrest warrants and was a person of interest in other crimes being investigated by APSO. […]

APSO SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN SOLVING ARMED ROBBERIES The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) is requesting assistance from the public in identifying a person of interest possibly involved in armed robberies that occurred in the Bunkie and Marksville, LA areas in December of 2020.  If you have any information pertaining to the robberies, please contact

Sheriff David L. Dauzat would like all Avoyelles Parish residents to know that a Burn Ban has been declared by Avoyelles Parish Police Jury President Kirby Roy.  This will remain in effect, until conditions change and the Burn Ban is lifted.  Please be safe!

HOME INVASION/ ARMED ROBBERY/ AGGRAVATED BATTERY On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at approximately 2109 hours, the Avoyelles Parish 911 Communication Center received a call reporting three male subjects made forced entry into a residence located at 6163 Louisiana Highway 114 Mansura, Louisiana.  Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputies and Detectives responded to call.  Further investigation revealed

MAN ARRESTED ON SEVERAL SEX OFFENSES AGAINST JUVENILES   On December 10, 2021, the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) received a complaint from the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) of an allegation of sexual abuse committed against an adolescent female. On January 13, 2022, further investigation by APSO resulted in the arrest

TWO ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF ATV AND DIRT BIKE   On Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at approximately 0137 hours, Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) Patrol Deputies and the Simmesport Police Department Patrolmen responded to a report of a motor vehicle theft at a residence on Old Louisiana Highway 1, Simmesport, Louisiana.  APSO Detectives responded shortly

On September 27, 2021, the following inmates escaped the Avoyelles Parish DC-1 Jail facility: William Johnson, a 27-year-old black male from Marksville, LA. UPDATE: CAPTURED on 10/21/2021 in Marksville, La. Kyle Cavalier, a 19-year-old white male from Bunkie, LA. UPDATE: CAPTURED on 09/30/2021 in Alexandria, La. Davantae Williams, a 20-year-old black male from Bunkie, LA.

Another Jail Escapee Captured On February 1, 2022, a cooperative effort by the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) and the U.S. Marshals Service/U.S. Marshals Task Force located and captured escapee Dakeylon Berry in Harris County, Texas. On September 27, 2021, Berry escaped from the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office Marksville DC-1 Jail Facility along with four

LARGE ROAD BURGLARY SUSPECT ARRESTED On the evening of December 12, 2021, the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) began investigating a homicide that occurred on the Large Road in Mansura, LA.  The investigation resulted in the subsequent arrest of two (2) homicide suspects that evening.  APSO Detectives continued to investigate the incident, and circumstances surrounding

Wanted Fugitive Captured On November 25, 2020, the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) began investigating a complaint of sex offenses committed by 26-year-old Travis Anthony Ryan, formerly of Moreauville, LA.  The APSO investigation resulted in the issuance of an arrest warrant by the 12th Judicial District Court for the offenses of Sexual Battery on Persons