Child desertion charge follows MC arrest

(Editor’s note: The charges listed here and the narratives that go with them are provided by the police agencies that made the arrests. Guilt or innocence has not been determined in court.)

Morgan City police reported an arrest Tuesday on a child desertion charge, and Assumption deputies arrested a Bayou L’Ourse woman accused of failing to appear in court on drug and vehicle-related charges.

Morgan City

Chief Chad M. Adams reported that the Morgan City Police Department responded to 37 calls for service over the last 24-hour reporting period and made these arrests:

--Milique Lockett, 22, La. 182, Morgan City, was arrested at 11:42 p.m. Tuesday on charges of child desertion and disturbing the peace.

--Leterrance Dyer, 34, Carroll Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 7:40 p.m. Monday on charges of possession of marijuana and improper turning.

--Santos Franco-Vasquez, 49, Oak Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 9:09 a.m. Tuesday on a charge of resisting an officer (false information).

--Tyrelle Williams, 23, La. 182, Morgan City, was arrested at 11:42 p.m. Tuesday on a charge of disturbing the peace.

Assumption

Sheriff Leland Falcon reported this arrest:

--Christiane Marie Stoute, 50, Cane Street, Bayou L’Ourse, was booked Monday on a warrant alleging failure to appear on charges of signaling required; no proof of insurance; no registration certificate; driving under a suspended driver’s license; and possession, distribution or sale of a legend drug without a prescription.

Stoute was previously arrested in Assumption Parish, and as a result was ordered to appear in court April 3, 2023, for arraignment. Stoute failed to appear as ordered resulting in a warrant being issued for her arrest April 11, 2023.

Stoute was arrested in St. Mary Parish. Stoute was released to the custody of the Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office on Monday.

Stoute was booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center and remains incarcerated pending a bond hearing.