Assumption deputies arrest St. Mary fugitive

(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.)

Assumption Parish deputies arrested a man wanted in St. Mary Parish for failure to appear for sentencing on gun and drug charges.

Morgan City police also made another in a recent string of theft arrests.

Assumption

Sheriff Leland Falcon reported these arrests:

—Kenneth Lee Benoit, 41, Teddy Street, Pierre Part, was arrested Wednesday on St. Mary fugitive warrants alleging failure to appear for sentencing on charges of attempted possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of methamphetamine.

Deputies responded to a complaint of a disturbance on Teddy Street on Wednesday evening and made contact with the homeowners. Deputies were advised that Benoit had become very angry and began to destroy house-hold items.

Deputies made contact with Benoit and then conducted a criminal records check which revealed that Benoit was wanted on failure to appear warrants in St. Mary Parish.

Benoit was arrested and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center.

He was booked Thursday in St. Mary Parish. The St. Mary Sheriff’s Office listed Benoit’s address as being in Bayou Vista.

—Brie Lynne Christenson, 22, Half Oak Drive, Thibodaux, was arrested Wednesday a felony charge of cruelty to juveniles.

The arrest resulted from a cruelty complaint involving a 3-year-old child at a home on La. 70 in Pierre Part..

Follow-up investigation revealed that Christenson had struck the child in the facial area and drug her by her hair inside the residence in question.

Detectives secured an arrest warrant for Christenson. The suspect was arrested and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center. She was released on a was released on a $20,000 bond.

Morgan City

Interim Police Chief Mark E. Griffin Jr. reported that over the last 24-hour period the Morgan City Police Department responded to 30 calls for service and made these arrests:

—Aaron Smith, La. 70, Morgan City, was arrested at 2:42 a.m. Friday on a charge of theft under $1,000.

--Frankie L. Tarver II, 33, La. 182, Morgan City, was arrested at 2:36 a.m. Friday on charges disturbing the peace (drunkenness) and remaining where forbidden.

St. Mary

Sheriff Blaise Smith reported that over the last 24-hour reporting period, the Sheriff’s Office responded to 38 complaints and made these arrests:

—Jermaine Lavone Spain, 37, Franklin, was arrested at 9:26 a.m. Thursday on a warrant alleging failure to appear on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, no seat belt, possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles, and improper or failure to give a required signal.

Bail has not been set at this time.

--Jeffrey Edward Carlson, 46, Franklin, was arrested at 12:44 p.m. Thursday on a warrant alleging failure to appear on charges of failure to secure vehicle registration, operating a vehicle without a driver’s license, speeding and operating a vehicle not covered by security.

Bail has not been set at this time.

—Trecia Adams Luke, 50, Franklin, was arrested at 9:43 p.m. Thursday on a charge of domestic abuse bat-tery. Bail has not been set at this time.

—Agustin Mendoza Vera, 35, Amelia, was arrested at 1 a.m. Friday on charges of traffic control signals, driver must be licensed, open container and driving while intoxicated.

Bail was set at $3,500.

Franklin

Police Chief Morris Beverly reported that the Franklin Police Department responded to seven complaints over the past 24-hour reporting period and made these arrests:

—Arneze Jack, 33, St. Peter Street, New Iberia, while incarcerated at the Franklin Police Department, was arrested at 4:15 Thursday on warrants for the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office alleging failure to appear on the charges of aggravated flight from an officer where human life is endangered, possession of a Schedule IV controlled dangerous substance, possession of marijuana, reckless operation of a vehicle, resisting an officer, hit-and-run driving, possession of firearm by convicted felon, illegal possession of stolen firearms, obstruction of justice by tampering with evidence, and disturbing the peace. Jack was booked, processed and held with no bond set.

—Braylan Hamilton, 38, Augustine Maze Street, Franklin, was arrested at 5:09 p.m. Thursday on a warrant dated July 18 alleging simple criminal damage to property and violations of a protective order. Hamilton was booked, processed and held on a $3,500 bond.