The mayor of a Bienville Parish town has been arrested following an investigation led by the state Attorney General’s office.
Arcadia Mayor O’Landis “Bubba” Millican was booked into the Bienville Parish jail Thursday morning on four counts of malfeasance in office and one count of felony theft.
Millican is in his second term as Arcadia mayor.
The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) opened a criminal investigation in response to allegations of official misconduct involving the Mayor of Arcadia, O’Landis Millican, of College Street in Arcadia, Bienville Parish. Agents received reports that Millican had misappropriated public funds for personal benefit.
During this investigation, LBI agents discovered multiple instances in which Millican had misused town funds, totaling more than $30,000, for personal benefit. For example, on separate occasions in 2025, Millican used more than $21,000 in public funds to pay for repairs to his personal vehicle. Millican issued multiple checks from the town’s accounts to cover the costs.
In another example, agents learned that Millican held private events, in 2024 and 2025, at his residence in Arcadia and rented equipment from a business in Ruston. Millican used more than $7,800 in town funds to pay for that equipment, which included large event tents, lights, generators, and cooling fans for those events.
As a result of evidence obtained during this investigation, LBI agents secured an arrest warrant for Millican through the 2nd Judicial District Court
In a statement, Chris Bowman, Millican’s attorney, said the mayor is confident in the judicial system and expects to be fully vindicated at trial.
“We will defend these charges vigorously and look forward to all facts being presented in this case,” Bowman said.
In a prepared statement, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said, “No matter who you are, if you break your oath of office, you’re going to jail.”
LBI’s investigation is continuing.
Millican’s bail was set at $10,000.
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