Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office Crime Suppression Agents, alongside Louisiana Probation and Parole, assisted the Marksville City Police Department in apprehending a wanted fugitive, Mr. Matthew Moses Davis, in Marksville on Monday, June 15.

Officers located Mr. Davis in the area of Legion Drive, where he had active arrest warrants for Domestic Abuse Battery and Aggravated Assault. When Marksville Police attempted to make contact, Mr. Davis fled on foot across multiple streets and into a wooded area. After a foot pursuit lasting approximately one and a half hours in the pouring rain and crossing multiple ravines, law enforcement successfully apprehended Mr. Davis, where he was taken into custody without further incident.

Mr. Matthew Moses Davis was booked into the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office DC-1 on the following charges by the Marksville Police Department:

-Domestic Abuse Battery

-Aggravated Assault

-Theft

-Unauthorized Entry of an Inhabited Dwelling

-Resisting an Officer (8 counts)

Sheriff David L. Dauzat appreciates the great teamwork between our deputies, the Marksville Police Department, and Louisiana Probation and Parole. By backing each other up and working together, local agencies are making sure Avoyelles Parish stays a safe place for everyone to call home.

All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

For non-emergency information or need assistance, contact the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office at 318-253-4000 or email at info@AvoyellesSO.org.

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