Drug, weapon, cyberstalking charges result from arrests

(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 reported arrests on drug, theft, weapon and battery charges Thursday. St. Mary deputies and Franklin police made arrests on cyberstalking charges.

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 these arrests:

--Joseph Demount Wade, 46, Ciro Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 7:49 a.m. Thursday on charges of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession of hydrocodone, possession of drug paraphernalia, transactions resulting from controlled dangerous substance activities and violation of uniform controlled dangerous substance law (drug-free zone).

--Kobbie George, 42, Elaine Street, Morgan City, was arrested a 7:49 a.m. Thursday on a a charge of failure to appear for arraignment (16th Judicial District Court).

--Johnathon Matthew Priestley, 29, Fourth Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 1:11 p.m. Thursday on six counts of failure to appear to pay fine (6th Ward Morgan City Court).

--Gerald Jay Jones, 48, Keith Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 3:10 p.m. Thursday on a charge of theft (under $1,000).

--Rodney Ladd, 23, Jackson Street, Franklin, was arrested at 7:55 p.m. on charges of possession of a firearm with obliterated serial numbers, possession of marijuana, no driver’s license, improper turning and wrong way on a one-way.

--Michael Joseph Thompson Jr., 37, Allison Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 7:56 p.m. Thursday on a charges of domestic abuse battery, criminal damage to property and disturbing the peace.

St. Mary

Sheriff Blaise Smith reported that over the last 24-hour reporting period, the Sheriff’s Office responded to 35 complaints and made these arrests:

--Timothy Wayne Collier, 23, Berwick, was arrested at 12:20 p.m. Thursday on an Assumption Parish warrant alleging failure to appear on the charge of felony theft of a firearm. Collier is being held for another agency.

--Dustin Bergeron, 36, Gray, was arrested at 3:47 p.m. Thursday on an Assumption Parish warrant alleging terrorizing and cyberstalking. Bergeron is being held for another agency.

Patterson

Chief Garrett Grogan reported this arrest:

--Brandon T. Louis Jr., 25, Nicole Lane, Opelousas, was arrested at 4:03 p.m. Thursday on a charge of introduction of contraband into a penal institution. Louis was released on a $6,000 bond.

,b>Franklin

Interim Chief Tina Thibodeaux reported that the Franklin Police Department responded to 11 complaints over the last 24-hour reporting period and made this arrest:

--Jason Granger, 47, Sanders Street, Franklin, was arrested at 6:14 p.m. Thursday on a warrant alleging cyberstalking. Granger was booked, processed and released on a $1,000 bond.