Overview
- Deputies say they found 41-year-old Erin Elizabeth Sutton nude in her neighbor’s pond in Linville in November 2025, where she said she was “trying to be a mermaid.”
- After being coaxed from the water and evaluated by EMS, Sutton allegedly charged a deputy; a taser had no effect, and she was taken to the ground as she kicked and punched, according to the sheriff’s office.
- Authorities report that during transport for medical care, Sutton threatened to kill deputies and paramedics.
- Because she required treatment at the scene, deputies sought warrants later, and Sutton surrendered at the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 6.
- She faces three counts of resisting an officer with force or violence, two counts each of public intimidation and battery of a police officer, plus disturbing the peace/drunkenness and criminal trespassing, with bond set at $62,000.