Sheriff Craft News Today

Lake Charles, La - Three people convicted of what Sheriff Sam Craft called the “worst case of child abuse Vernon Parish has ever seen”, had their sentences upheld in appeals

Vernon Parish, La - Sheriff Sam Craft of the Vernon Parish Sheriffs Office announces the apprehension and arrest of Joseph Albert Phillips, age 26, of Leesville. Phillips has had outstanding

The Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Department says that a pair of alleged thieves who were using fraudulent gift cards were captured in Leesville, and it was discovered that they had slipped

The Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Department says a pair of very large drug busts in recent days has resulted in the arrest of two people.

A Vernon Parish bank contacted the Sheriffs Office on May 11, 2022, indicating that several debit cards had been compromised. An internal investigation determined all of the victims had shopped

Craft served in the U.S. Marine Corps and Kansas Highway Patrol. Starkey said. He was elected sheriff of Marion County in 2008.

Vernon Parish Sheriffs Office issued the following statement this morning: