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 deputies reported an arrest Wednesday on aggravated assault and drug charges.

St. Mary

Sheriff Blaise Smith advises that over the last 48-hour reporting period, the Sheriff’s Office responded to 65 complaints and made these arrests:

--Preston Jamal Wade, 33, Amelia, was arrested at 6:46 p.m. Wednesday on charges of aggravated assault, possession of marijuana, possession of synthetic cannabinoids and obstruction of justice (tampering).

Bail has not been set at this time

--Lawrence Bernard Payne Jr., 60, Houma, was arrested at 6:37 p.m. Wednesday on a warrant alleging failure to appear on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles and obstruction of public passage.

Bail was set at $29,100.

--Ryan Michael Richter, 26, Franklin, was arrested at 8:51 p.m. Thursday on charges of disturbing the peace (fighting) and theft. Bail was set at at $2,000.

--Aimee Lynn Chapman, 39, Amelia, was arrested at 9:01 p.m. Thursday on charges of disturbing the peace (fighting) and theft. Bail was set at $2,000.

Morgan City

Chief Chad M. Adams reported that the Morgan City Police Department responded to 55 calls for service over the last 24-hour reporting period and made this arrest:
--King Robert Hargrove, 35, La. 182, was arrested at 10:42 p.m. Thursday on a charge of resisting an officer.

Assumption

Sheriff Leland Falcon reported this arrest:

--Passion Moenah Keal, 22, Mississippi Street, New Iberia, was arrested Wednesday on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, taking contraband to or from a penal institution and obstruction of justice.

The charges resulted from a traffic stop on U.S. 90 near Bayou L’Ourse late Wednesday.

A uniformed patrol vehicle observed an eastbound vehicle with an equipment violation and initiated a stop of that vehicle. The deputy made contact with the driver, identified as Jarvis

Jerell Grayson, 25, Brenda Drive, New Iberia.

The deputy determined that Grayson was driving under a suspended driver’s license.

The deputy noted multiple occupants were in the vehicle and proceeded to interview Keal. At the conclusion of those interviews, the deputy requested a K-9. The K-9 conducted an open-air sniff of the suspect vehicle and alerted positive to the presence of controlled dangerous substances.

A search was conducted of that vehicle and its occupants. A quantity of marijuana was seized from the vehicle as well as off the person of Keal. Deputies arrested Keal. Once at the detention facility, an invasive search resulted in the seizure of additional marijuana from the person of Keal.

Keal was booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center on pending a bond hearing.

Grayson was issued citations for driving under a suspended driver's license and illegal window tint.

Ashleigh Fulton, 28, Miracle Road, Roxie, Mississippi, was issued a summons alleging possession of marijuana and was issued a court date.

Franklin

Chief Cedric Handy reported these arrests:

--De'Vaion Moore, 18, Plantation Teche Drive, Franklin, was arrested at 8:04 a.m. Thursday on charges of theft and contributing to the delinquency of juveniles. Moore was booked, processed and released on a $2,500 bond.

--James Senegal, 37, Anderson Street, Franklin, was arrested at 11:26 p.m. Thursday on a warrant for the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office alleging failure to appear on a charge of stolen property. Senegal was booked, processed and held with no bond set at the time of press release