MONROE, LA — A Franklin Parish man wanted on multiple felony and misdemeanor warrants was arrested in Monroe after a coordinated search by Louisiana State Police and local authorities. Investigators said they were able to track down 61-year-old Frank Gonzales in the Monroe area, where he had been staying temporarily.
Louisiana State Police said the arrest happened without incident on Sept. 17 after Troop F was asked days earlier by the Franklin Parish Sheriff’s Office to help locate him. Gonzales was later booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center on multiple charges tied to the investigation.
How investigators found Frank Gonzales in the Monroe area
According to Louisiana State Police, the search for Gonzales began on Sept. 15 when Franklin Parish authorities requested assistance. Troopers with Troop F worked alongside detectives from the Louisiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division’s Monroe Field Office.
Investigators determined Gonzales was temporarily staying in the Monroe area, which led them to his location. Once he was found, troopers arrested him without incident, ending the search that had been underway for two days.
The arrest highlights the way local agencies and state investigators often work together when a wanted person is believed to have crossed parish lines. In this case, that coordination allowed officers to identify where Gonzales was staying and take him into custody safely.
Charges listed in the Ouachita Correctional Center booking
Gonzales was booked on charges that include domestic abuse battery, simple criminal damage to property, aggravated assault on a peace officer, resisting an officer, obstruction of justice, and public intimidation and retaliation. Louisiana State Police did not provide additional details about the underlying incidents tied to those charges.
The arrest followed warrants described by state police as both felony and misdemeanor in nature. Gonzales was taken to the Ouachita Correctional Center after the Monroe-area arrest, where he now faces the listed accusations.
No injuries were reported in connection with the arrest itself, and police said the custody operation was completed without confrontation. The booking marks the next step in the legal process as the case moves forward through the jail and court system.
What Louisiana State Police said about the case
Louisiana State Police identified the agencies involved as Troop F and the Criminal Investigations Division’s Monroe Field Office. The Franklin Parish Sheriff’s Office initiated the request for help locating Gonzales after the warrants were outstanding.
State police did not say whether Gonzales had a known connection to Monroe beyond temporarily staying there. They also did not release further information about the warrants themselves or about any upcoming court proceedings.
The agency’s account focused on the search, the arrest, and the booking. That limited detail suggests officials were treating the case as an active law-enforcement matter rather than a broader public announcement.
Louisiana State Police urges anonymous tips from the public
Alongside the arrest announcement, Louisiana State Police reminded the public that suspicious or criminal activity can be reported through its anonymous online reporting system at lsp.org. The agency included the tip line information as part of its public safety message.
That reporting option is intended for people who want to share information without identifying themselves. Police did not link the tip system to Gonzales’ arrest specifically, but they used the notice to direct the public to the state’s reporting tool.
For residents, the reminder underscores how investigators sometimes rely on public information to locate wanted individuals or to support ongoing investigations. In this case, however, police said the arrest itself came from the work of state and local agencies.
What happens next after the arrest
With Gonzales now booked in Ouachita Parish, the immediate law-enforcement phase of the case has shifted from locating him to handling the charges already listed in the jail booking. Officials did not announce a court date or provide details about bond.
Because the arrest was made without incident, the case so far appears to have remained focused on execution of the warrants rather than on any separate confrontation. Louisiana State Police have not said whether additional charges are possible.
For now, the main confirmed facts are the arrest date, the location, the agencies involved, and the charges attached to the booking. Those details frame the case as a multi-agency effort that ended with Gonzales in custody in Monroe.
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