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Two arrested on drug charges

The St. Mary Parish Sher-iff’s Office made two arrests Monday on charges of possession of marijuana and an opioid.
—Eugene J. Price, 45, Sherry Street, Baldwin, was arrested at 8:19 p.m. Monday on charges of possession of marijuana, oxycodone and Xanax. frice was released on a $1,500 bond.
—Ashlee D. Frederick, 30, Sherry Street, Baldwin, was arrested at 8:19 p.m. Monday on charges of possession of marijuana, oxycodone and Xanax. No bail has been set.
Smith also reported these arrests:
—Johnathan Lewis Diggs, 29, Roy’s Lane, Centerville, was arrested at 1:38 p.m. Monday on a warrant for failure to appear on the charges of operating a vehicle with an unlit license plate and operating a vehicle while license was suspend-ed/revoked/canceled. Diggs was released on a summons to appear Oct. 22.
—Willie Johnlouis, 32, Ira Street, Jeanerette, was arrested at 1:31 a.m. Tuesday on charges of improper lane usage and driving under suspension. Johnlouis was released on a summons to appear Oct. 22.
Morgan City Police Chief James F. Blair reported these arrests:
—Wilson A. Valladeres, 18, Loice Street, Thibodaux, was arrested at 7:35 a.m. Monday on a charge of no driver’s license.
An officer was alerted by a citizen of a suspicious vehicle in the area of Cypress Gardens Subdivision. The officer located the vehicle in the area and conducted a traffic stop.
The driver was identified as Valladeres. A computer check revealed Valladeres did not have a valid driver’s license. He was placed under arrest and transported to the Morgan City Police Department for booking and incarceration.
Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reported these arrests:
—Amanda Lynn White, 33, James Avenue, Farmerville, was arrested Sunday night on charges of possession of metham-phetamine, expired motor vehicle inspection sticker, no vehicle registration in possession and no proof of liability insurance.
A deputy assigned to the Sheriff’s I.C.E. Unit executed a stop of a vehicle in Pierre Part for a traffic violation. Contact was made with the driver, who is identified as White.
I.C.E. deputies interviewed White and noted inconsistencies in her statements as well as actions indicative of illegal drug activity.
At some point, a K-9 was summoned to the scene and conducted an open-air sniff of the vehicle, alerting to the presence of illegal drugs. A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine.
White was arrested and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Facility pending a bond hearing.
—Cody James Legnon, 41, Legnon Court, Bayou L’Ourse, was arrested Friday on a felony warrant accusing him of violating his probation.
On Nov. 4, Legnon was convicted in Assumption Parish on charges of simple criminal dDamage to property and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. As a result of the conviction, Legnon was placed on supervised probation and ordered to serve special conditions.
Shortly after that convic-tion, Legnon absconded from his probation requirements resulting in a warrant being issued for his arrest.
On Jan. 22, a warrant was approved for Legnon’s arrest.
On July 9, Morgan City Police arrested Legnon on that warrant.
Legnon was transported to Assumption Parish on Friday and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center. He is being held without bond.

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