On the weekend of April 25-27, 2025, Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Deputies working an extra duty detail at Louisiana Mud Fest took approximately 12 reports of vehicle burglaries that occurred during Friday and Saturday night of the event. Deputies were able to identify Christopher Walker Jr., Dorian Aught, Jermaurion Simmons, and Damon Miller as four of the suspects involved. Deputies made probable cause arrests of the four suspects linked to two burglaries that night. All four suspects were transported and booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center.

 

As Sheriff’s Detectives began their investigation, they discovered several other suspects being involved in this string of burglaries. Detectives were able to identify the additional suspects as Jordan Daniels, Justin Madison, and LChristian McDaniel. During the course of the investigation, Detectives found further evidence to implicate Damon Miller in another burglary. Miller was still being held in jail and Detectives were able to obtain an arrest warrant on Miller. Miller was re-arrested on the new charge.

 

Through their investigation, Detectives were able to obtain additional arrest warrants on the suspects that had already been booked and released. Also, during the investigation, another suspect was identified as Ryan Babineaux. Babineaux was allegedly in possession of stolen property that had been reported from the burglaries.

 

RPSO Detectives confirmed that all suspects resided in Natchitoches Parish. On May 6, 2025, with the assistance from the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office Investigations Bureau and the NPSO SWAT Team, RPSO Detectives along with RADE Agents and deputies with the RPSO Crime Suppression Unit, were able to locate and arrest six of the eight suspects on active warrant charges. RPSO Detectives were also granted search warrants for each suspect’s residence in reference to locating any stolen property reported. During the executions of the search warrants, stolen property from the burglaries was located. All suspects that were located and taken into custody were booked as a LA Fugitive at the LaSalle Correctional Center-Natchitoches and then transported back to Rapides Parish Detention Center for booking on the active warrant charges.

 

Damon Miller and Jermaurion Simmons are wanted on additional charges from the original incident.

RPSO Detectives say this is still an active, ongoing investigation and if anyone has any information on these burglaries or the whereabouts of Miller and Simmons, they are asked to contact Detective Joseph Spence, Criminal Investigation Division-Main Office, at 318-473-6727, or Crime Stoppers at 318-443-7867.

RPSO would like to thank Natchitoches Parish Sheriff Stuart Wright and the Detectives of the NPSO Investigations Bureau, as well as the NPSO SWAT Team, for their assistance in the investigation and apprehension of these suspects.

 

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