Deputies arrest man who didn't appear for battery, gun 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.)

St. Mary Parish deputies rounded up a Franklin resident wanted on battery and weapons charges and made three traffic arrests, one of which also resulted in a drug charge.
Morgan City police also helped Berwick and Assumption authorities make arrests on burglary and bank fraud charges (see related stories).
St. Mary
Sheriff Blaise Smith advised that over the last 24-hour reporting period, the Sheriff’s Office responded to 41 complaints and made these arrests:
—Kalley Nichole Murray, 24, Franklin, was arrested at 1:47 p.m. Thursday on a Calcasieu Parish warrant alleging failure to appear on the charges of aggravated battery (two counts), aggravated criminal damage to property (six counts) and illegal use of a weapon in the commission of a crime. Murray is being held for another agency.
—Michael Wayne Lewis, 59, Morgan City, was arrested at 6:14 p.m. Thursday on a charge of domestic abuse battery. Lewis was released on a $2,500 bond.
—Joyce Adams, 59, Houma, was arrested at 6 p.m. Thursday on charges of for stop signs/yield signs and driving under suspension. Adams was released on a summons to appear Nov. 2.
—Jamerie Thyheim Gash, 18, Morgan City, was arrested at 9:47 p.m. Thursday on charges of speeding, no driver’s license on person and resisting officer by flight. Gash was also named in an active Assumption Parish warrant for failure to appear on the charges of driving on roadway laned for traffic and driver must be licensed. Bail was set on the St. Mary charges at $2,250, and a hold was placed on Gash for another agency.
—Dijonna Shanda Smith, 27, New Orleans, was arrested at 5:11 a.m. Friday on charges of speeding, reckless operation (no accident), possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Smith was arrested on a summons to appear Nov. 2.
Morgan City
Police Chief James F. Blair reports that the Morgan City Police Department responded to 53 calls for service within the last 24-hour reporting period and made this arrest:
—Matthew John Griffin, 20, Walnut Drive, Morgan City arrested 9:22 p.m. Thursday on charges of possession of marijuana (first offense) and stop sign violation.
St. Martin
Sheriff Becket Breaux reported these arrests:
—Devante Brown, 28, University Avenue, Lafayette, was arrested Thursday by the Breaux Bridge Police Department on a charge of cruelty to a juvenile (family offenses, nonviolent).
—Brock Robin, 33, Sidney Drive, Breaux Bridge, was arrested Thursday on warrants alleging failure to appear.
—Harry Wiltz, 67, Main Highway, St. Martinville, was arrested on a warrant alleging failure to appear.