VIDALIA — The ongoing saga of the indicted former Ferriday police officers concluded for two of them Wednesday.

Former officer Rickey Hollins, 43, 200 South Oak St., Vidalia, and civilian Arthur Johnson, 40, 505 Texas Ave., Ferriday, both pleaded guilty in the Seventh Judicial Court to reduced charges of disturbing the peace.

Judge Kathy Johnson sentenced the two men to 30 days in jail or $100.

Both Hollins and Johnson paid their fines and were released Wednesday.

Public Defender Derrick Carson represented both men Wednesday.

“My clients just wanted to resolve the issue, and an offer was made, so they decided that it was the best thing they could do to put the whole matter behind them,” Carson said.

Though it was not finalized until Wednesday, the plea bargains were brokered under former District Attorney John Johnson, Carson said.

Following a March 2008 grand jury indictment, Hollins was charged with aggravated assault, simple battery, false imprisonment, two counts of malfeasance in office and first-degree injuring of public records.

The battery and assault charges were connected with an arrest that reportedly involved pepper spray.

Johnson was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after he allegedly moved a vehicle without proper permission following an arrest. He was at that time a towing service employee.

Both men initially pleaded “not guilty” to the charges brought against them by the grand jury.

The grand jury investigation leading to the indictments began in 2007 and ended in February 2008.

Of the six people indicted in connection with the grand jury’s investigation of the Ferriday Police Department, four have now been sentenced and charges against another have been dropped.

Charges against former Police Chief Robert “Rock” Davis were dropped because the statute of limitations had run out by the time the grand jury convened.

In December, former officer John Hawkins pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of misdemeanor false imprisonment and was sentenced to six months in jail. The sentence was suspended upon payment of fines and court costs.

On Jan. 28, former officer Juanita January pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile, and was sentenced to six months jail and a fine of $1,000 and all court costs.

January’s jail time was suspended and she was placed on 24 months supervised probation with the stipulation she must pay her fines within three months of her probation.

Judge Leo Boothe sentenced both Hawkins and January.

A fifth former officer, Willie B. Robinson, still faces charges of malfeasance in office and false imprisonment.