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Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to an abandoned vehicle on La 15 in Alto at 6:10 a.m. Aug. 4.

While deputies were checking the vehicle they observed a male suspect in a nearby home. When deputies approached to check the home, the suspect ran from the home into nearby woods.

 Approximately 20 RPSO deputies arrived on the scene and set up a perimeter and began searching the woods and nearby homes. At approximately 1:30 p.m. the suspect, Terrell L. Reed, 36, from Monroe, was arrested by the RPSO as he was crossing La 15 in Alto.

Richland Parish’s unemployment rate rose 1.3 percent in June according to the latest figures from the Louisiana Works Commission.

Unemployment in the parish rose from 5.2 percent in May to 6.5 percent in June. It is still lower than the 7.4 percent recorded in June 2018.

This translates to 551 people looking for work in the parish in June, up from 432 in May but down from 637 in June 2018.

Approximately 7,885 people were working in Richland Parish in June, up from 7,835 in May, but down from 7,949 a year ago.

A police officer has been suspended for allowing the use of the Rayville Police Department in a rap video.

Rayville Police Chief Willie Robinson said he was made aware of the video at around 4 p.m. July 15.

“I was made aware of a video that had been shot live at the Rayville Police Department,” Robinson said. “At this point, I became very angry because no one has the authority to give anyone permission to do such a thing.”