DATE:             THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019
TO:                  ALL MEDIA OUTLETS
FROM:            SHERIFF LELAND FALCON
SUBJECT:      FIRST DEGREE RAPE / DOMESTIC ABUSE BATTERY

                        WINFRED W. MILLEIN, JR.

NAPOLEONVILLE – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Winfred W. Millien, Jr., 47, of 3336 Highway 1, Napoleonville, LA, on domestic and sex crime charges related to an incident occurring on January 20, 2019.

On that date, the Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance complaint at a location near Napoleonville.

Deputies initiated an investigation after receiving information that Winfred Millien allegedly raped an individual that was known to him on January 20, 2019.

Detectives conducted a crime scene investigation and did recover evidence consistent with the accusations lodged against Millien.

Based on the victim’s statement, her injuries, evidence recovered at the crime scene and other factors, detectives obtained arrest warrants for Millien.

The suspect was arrested on Sunday, January 21, 2019 and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center on charges of:

            *Domestic Abuse Battery

            *False Imprisonment

Millien was rearrested on Wednesday on a related charge of First-Degree Rape. 

He is incarcerated in the Assumption Parish Detention Center pending bond proceedings.

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