Public Safety
Myra Miller
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Friday, July 25
Cedric Fontenot, 37, 500 block of Narrow Street, Opelousas. Unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, simple arson.
Monday, July 28, 2025
Eunice Police Arrests report
Myra Miller
The following are arrests by Eunice Police. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Thursday, July 24
Amy Simien, 40, 800 block of South Beulah, Eunice. False reporting.
Monday, July 28, 2025
Eunice Police Radio log
Myra Miller
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. The Police Department changed the format from chronological to one based on officers who responded to calls.
Thursday, July 24
There were two traffic stops between 9:15 p.m. until 2:19 a.m. Friday, July 25.
Monday, July 28, 2025
Tips sought about bomb threat at Rayne nursing home
Harlan Kirgan
The Rayne Police Department is investigating a bomb threat that occurred at The Ellington of Rayne Nursing Home located at 308 Amelia St. on July 16, at about 8 p.m.
An unknown male suspect phoned the facility stating there was a bomb in your building before disconnecting the call.
Friday, July 25, 2025
Iota man arrested on drug charges
Harlan Kirgan
Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested an Iota man for various narcotics charges on July 23 in the 600 block of Gotts Cove Road, according to a news release from Sheriff K.P. Gibson.
Deputies were called to assist the Department of Children and Family Services.
Friday, July 25, 2025
Sheriff Bobby Guidroz announced four corrections deputies have graduated from the State of Louisiana Basic 92-hour course. During the course, deputies are instructed on the use of force, inmate care, introduction to weapons and contraband control. The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office uses in-house, state certified instructors to train deputies prior to their attending a more extensive corrections academy to become P.O.S.T. – certified corrections officers. Guidroz states, “Our goal is to have every deput
Corrections deputies certified
Harlan Kirgan
Sheriff Bobby Guidroz announced four corrections deputies have graduated from the State of Louisiana Basic 92-hour course. During the course, deputies are instructed on the use of force, inmate care, introduction to weapons and contraband control.
Friday, July 25, 2025
St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests
Myra Miller
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Thursday, July 24
James McGee, 28, 100 block of Fairfield Ave, Terrytown, LA.
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Eunice Police Arrests report
Myra Miller
The following are arrests by Eunice Police. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Wednesday, July 23
Shandary Simien, 43, 200 block of South Mallet, Eunice. False communication with intent to cause emergency response, cyberstalking, telephone harassment.
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Eunice Police Radio log
Myra Miller
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. The Police Department changed the format from chronological to one based on officers who responded to calls.
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Opelousas man charged with carnal knowledge of a juvenile
Harlan Kirgan
A 21-year-old Opelousas man, Braylon Dewight Rubin, of the 200 block of Percy Drive, is charged was charged Monday with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile and pornography involving juveniles, according to a news release from St. Landry Parish Sherif Bobby Guidroz.
Wednesday, July 23, 2025