Two arrests locally on firearm assault charges

(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 and Assumption deputies reported arrests Wednesday on charges of assault with a firearm.

Assumption

Sheriff Leland Falcon reported this arrest:

--Trendon Demond Short, 37, LeDoux Street, Patterson, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm.

The charges resulted from an incident at an Amelia retail outlet early Wednesday morning.

Uniformed patrol deputies were dispatched to the Amelia business in connection to an individual allegedly brandishing a firearm toward another subject.

Deputies interviewed the suspect, the alleged victim and employees of the business. Deputies retrieved surveillance footage and were able to identify Short as the suspect in this incident.

Deputies concluded that Short and the victim engaged in a verbal exchange resulting from a prior disagreement. At some point, evidence indicated, that Short retrieved a firearm from his vehicle. Employees of the business intervened, and Short returned the firearm to his vehicle.

The firearm was collected by investigating deputies.

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

Morgan City

Chief Chad M. Adams reported that over the last 24-hour reporting period, the Morgan City Police Department responded to 43 calls for service and made these arrests:

--Malcom T. Watkins Jr., 28, Short Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 6:06 p.m. Wednesday on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm.

--Tyler P. Rogers, 29, Lagonda Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 11:05 a.m. Wednesday on warrants alleging failure to appear for arraignment and failure to pay fines (6th Ward Morgan City Court).

--Israel Deleon-Gomez, 21, Sixth Street, Morgan City, as arrested at 5:17 p.m. Wednesday on charges of obstructing public passage and resisting an officer.

--Billy T. Townsend, 30, Wren Street, Houma, was arrested at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday on a warrant alleging three counts of failure to pay fines (6th Ward Morgan City Court).

--Jessie J. Grady, 48, Two Brothers Lane, Morgan City, was arrested at 9:43 p.m. Wednesday on a charge of possession of marijuana and on a warrant alleging failure to pay fines (6th Ward Morgan City Court).

--Derek N Gould Jr., 38, Southwest Boulevard, Morgan City, was arrested at 1:06 a.m. Thursday on warrants alleging failure to pay fine and three counts of failure to appear for trial (6th Ward Morgan City Court).

--Brandon Jones, 22, Lawrence Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 5:32 p.m. Wednesday on charges of speeding 21 to 25 mph and resisting an officer.