Deputies make arrest on aggravated assault charge

(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.)

St. Mary and Morgan City authorities reported arrests Thursday on aggravated assault, improper supervision and animal cruelty charges.

St. Mary

Sheriff Blaise Smith reported that over the last 24-hour reporting period, the Sheriff's Office responded to 20 complaints and made this arrest:

--Shane Steven Gibson, 24, Franklin, was arrested at 8:54 a.m. Thursday on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm.

Bail has not been set at this time.

Morgan City

Chief Chad M. Adams reported that the Morgan City Police Department responded to 51 calls for service over the last 24-hour reporting period and made these arrests:

--Thomas Christopher Thompson, 48, Main Street, Patterson, was arrested on two counts of failure to appear to pay fine (6th Ward Morgan City Court).

--Mandy Lynn Dixon, 35, Bowman Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 11:05 a.m. Thursday on a charge of improper supervision of a minor of a parent.

--Tina Ware, 41, Sixth Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 7:13 p.m. Thursday on a charge of cruelty to animals.

Assumption

Sheriff Leland Falcon reported this arrest:

--Charles Joseph Barbier, 41, Pierre Part, was arrested Thursday on charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and speeding.

An I.C.E.-assigned deputy in the Cypress Street area of Belle River stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. The driver was identified as Barbier.

The deputy believed additional investigation was warranted. A K-9 unit was summoned to the location. The K-9 conducted an open-air sniff of the suspect vehicle and alerted positive to the presence of controlled dangerous substances.

A search of the vehicle yielded assorted drug paraphernalia, suspected methamphetamine and a firearm. The deputy determined that Barbier was a convicted felon and therefore could not possess a firearm. The suspect further advised deputies of two additional firearms in his home, which were subsequently seized.

Barbier was arrested and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center pending a bond hearing.