DeSoto Parish Sheriff Deputies, LSP Troop E & G, and Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Deputies were involved in a vehicle and foot pursuit that entered DeSoto Parish in the late evening hours Wednesday, Feb 14 and lasted through the early morning hours on Thursday, Feb 15.

The pursuit, which began with LSP Troop E and Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Deputies entered the south end of DeSoto Parish on Interstate 49 just after 8:30pm. DeSoto Sheriff’s Deputies were able to respond and deploy spike strips in the Northbound lane near the Asseff Exit that stopped a 2017 Nissan Altima and led to the immediate arrest of one passenger, Tyshaela Tashon Davison, a 24yo black female of Alexandria, LA. Mrs. Davison was found to have multiple active warrants out of Rapides Parish at the time of her arrest.

The male driver of the vehicle fled the scene on foot near the I49 Asseff Exit into a wooded area. DeSoto Deputies immediately deployed an Aerial Drone with heatseeking capabilities, K9 Rex (and both handlers Cpl. Pearah and Dy. McCoy) to search the wooded area for the subject. In the early morning hours on Thursday, the driver Deonte Dewain Potier, a 26yo black male of Alexandria, LA was located and taken into custody by DeSoto deputies.

Both Davison and Potier were booked into the DeSoto Parish Detention Center. Davison, a wanted fugitive from another parish, has since been transported back to Rapides Parish where she awaits charges. Potier has been transported to Natchitoches Parish where he awaits charges related to the incident.