Avoyelles victim had extensive arrest record, as did some of killing suspects
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Derek Desselle
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MARKSVILLE -- A Vick man shot and burned to death, allegedly by a group of five Avoyelles Parish residents, had an extensive criminal record involving drugs and violence.

And some of the suspects are no strangers to police lineups.

Records show Derek Desselle, 27, found shot and burned on a rural road north of here on Monday afternoon, had most recently been arrested in December 2010.

Before that, he had been jailed several times in Avoyelles, Rapides and/or Grant Parishes.

The three men accused in his death have arrest records, while the two women allegedly involved do not.

Sheriff Doug Anderson said the victim and his accused killers knew each other, but has revealed nothing related to motive or circumstances leading up to the homicide..

The arrest records from the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office (APSO) follow:

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Matthew Conway DOB: 8/23/88

Prior Arrest:

Date: Charges:

10/21/06 Resisting an Officer by Interference

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Now charged with first degree murder

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Ashley Lemoine Conway DOB: 10/29/1989

NO PRIOR ARREST

Now charged with first degree murder

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Thad Moses DOB: 12/06/1990

Prior Arrest:

Date: Charges:

10/16/09 Resisting an Officer

Contributing to the Delinquency of Juveniles

Possession of Schedule I CDS

Now charged with principal to first degree murder

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Brandon M. Lovas DOB: 12/18/1989

Prior Arrest:

Date: Charges:

2/14/07 Interference with State Police

Operating a Vehicle without a Permit

Restriction and none over 21 in Vehicle

10/16/09 Cruelty to Juveniles (3 Counts)

Now charged with accessory after the fact to first degree murder

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Michelle V. Dauzat, age 17, DOB: 02/19/93

NO PRIOR ARREST

Now charged with accessory after the fact to first degree murder

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Derek Desselle, victim, DOB: 4/11/83

Avoyelles Parish Jail records:

12/5/05 Aggravated Battery

1/8/09 Contributing to Delinquency of a Minor

Possession of Schedule III CDS

9/13/10 Simple Criminal Damage to Property (GRANT PARISH)

Second Degree Battery

Home Invasion

12/1/10 Theft

Armed Robbery

Second Degree Battery

Aggravated Burglary

In Rapides Parish in 200, Derek Joshua Desselle, then age 26, of 304 Gary K St., Pineville, was charged with:

possession of methamphetamine

possession of Oxycontin

illegal carrying of weapons with drugs

possession of an illegal length shotgun

possession of body armor

possession of an automatic weapon

possession of drug paraphernalia.

Avoyelles District Attorney Charles Riddle told Avoyellestoday.com that the charges in Rapides Parish were later dismissed.

The Grant Parish Arrest Record of Desselle: Sept. 13, 2010. Charged with simple criminal damage to property, second-degree battery and home invasion

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