On Friday September 18th, 2020 Pine Prairie Police was notified about a white male going to several houses in town around 1:30 a.m., standing in the yards and attempting to open the doors to the residences. Through security surveillance, the suspect was identified as Thomas E. Vidrine age 40 of 1430 First Street Pine Prairie. An arrest warrant was issued by Judge Ortego with a $7,500 bond and on the morning of September 22, 2020 Officers on patrol was able to locate Thomas in his front yard where he was arrested without incident. Thomas was booked into the Evangeline Parish Jail on 2 counts of Criminal Trespassing and 2 counts of Criminal Mischief. Chief Deshotel reminds the public to report suspicious activity to his department.