DATE:             TUESDAY, APRIL 02, 2019
TO:                  ALL MEDIA OUTLETS
FROM:            SHERIFF LELAND FALCON
SUBJECT:      HOME INVASION – VALERIE M. SOTO

BAYOU L’OURSE – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Valerie M. Soto, 35, of 131 Velma Court, Bayou L’Ourse, LA, on charges related to a domestic incident that occurred on Saturday.

Deputies were dispatched to the home of Valerie Soto’s parents and interviewed those persons present. The witnesses indicated that Valerie Soto was not permitted on the premises under any circumstance.

Valerie Soto indicated she had only gone there to visit her children and did have her father’s permission.  That claim could not be corroborated.

Based on all information provided to the deputies, Valerie Soto was placed under arrest and did put up some resistance.

Soto was booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center on charges of:

            *Entering or Remaining After Being Forbidden       

            *Resisting an Officer

            *Home Invasion

Her bond has been set at $27,000.

 

For additional information concerning this News Release, contact Sheriff Leland Falcon or Public Information Officer, Lonny Cavalier at 985-369-7281.