On Wednesday, May 27, 2020, deputies and investigators with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department responded to the area of County Road 107 for a report of a shooting.
An investigation was conducted, investigators arrested Ryan Hunter Swider, 33 years old, of Abbeville, Mississippi for Aggravated Assault.
Swider is being held at the Lafayette County Detention Center on a $20,000.00 bond. No One was injured in the shooting.
The Office of Sheriff is a four year term filled through an at-large election process. Duties of the Sheriff involve two primary areas; law enforcement of the county and administrative. The law enforcement duties are to keep the peace in Lafayette County while administrative duties consist primarily of serving as the county jailor. Due to the growth of Lafayette County, the Sheriff Department now employs 26 deputies working four 12 hour shifts.