MANSFIELD, La. -- "Welcome to DeSoto Parish," was the greeting two fleeing suspects received Sunday following an hours long, multi-agency search.

"Yea, y'all some bad boys," admitted one of the men being handcuffed.

"Everything's over but the crying now, boys. Let's go," a deputy told one of the suspects.

That was the successful end to a manhunt that involved a helicopter, drone technology and three well-trained K-9s -- along with the deputies who operate them all.

In the end, DeSoto sheriff's deputies tracked two of four men who led deputies on a pursuit that started in Natchitoches Parish.

The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office said their deputies responded to a disturbance involving a man and woman in Robeline. The driver of the Accord, which was occupied by three other people, s

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