Public Safety

4 graduate from sheriff’s training

Four St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s deputies have graduated from the St. Martin Sheriff’s Basic Training Academy. The police academy is 14 weeks of intense and strenuous classes that instruct officers throughout the Acadiana area.

2 men, 2 teens charged in street fight

Two adults are accused of standing by as two 16-year-olds fought at about 6 p.m. Monday at Hazel and Benjamin streets. The juveniles were having a spat on the internet and it was decided they would meet and fight, Eunice Police Sgt. Nicholas Cooley said.

Tips sought in cold case homicide

Crime Stoppers of Acadia Parish needs help to solve a cold case homicide. On Dec. 10, 2016, at 12:36 a.m, deputies with the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting incident at Meadows Apartments located at 100 Kathy Meadows Drive in Crowley.

Eunice woman charged with malfeasance

A Eunice woman employed at the Pine Prairie Correctional Center was arrested for malfeasance in office on April 2, according to a news release from Pine Prairie Police Chief L. C. Deshotel.

Police: Man waiting trial for running over man, found drunk and behind the wheel

Almost two years ago, Derrick Lynn Mott, 29, of Eunice, was charged with striking a man on South East Street with his brand-new 2017 Ford F-250 pickup truck. Zechariah Hose Freeman, 20, of Eunice, was injured and taken to a Lafayette hospital for injuries he suffered in the Dec.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. April 10 Heath Devillier, 44, 100 block of St. John Avenue, Opelousas. Theft of utility service; simple criminal damage; special sex offender ID cards required.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. April 10 06:34 Disturbance in the 1300 block of West Peach. 08:41 6-year-old girl walking at Martin Luther King and Magnolia looks lost. 09:06 Fight at apartment in the 300 block of Corn.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. April 10 India Nichole Mayne, 23, 300 block of Corn, Eunice. Domestic abuse battery. Adam R. Foreman, 26, 800 block of South Beulah, eunice. Domestic abuse battery and simple criminal damage to property less than $1,000.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. April 9 Blair Darsey Miller, 41, 200 block of Sunflower Road, Opelousas. Domestic abuse battery by strangulation. Mark D. Hayes, 49, 3500 block of Hwy. 156, Winnfield.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. April 9 08:35 Ex-boyfriend pulled a gun out on his girlfriend in the 800 block of South Beulah. 08:44 Victim advised suspect did not point firearm. 09:02 18-wheeler stalled at Bobcat and Laurel.