Man accused of possessing three illegal drugs, including heroin

(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.)

A Franklin man was arrested by St. Mary Sheriff’s Office deputies Monday and accused of possessing three kinds of illegal drugs, arrest reports say.

St. Mary
Sheriff Blaise Smith advised that over the last 24-hour reporting period, the Sheriff’s Office responded to 42 complaints and made the following arrests:
—Jondre Jaman Wesley, 38, Franklin, was arrested at 12:42 p.m. Monday on charges of possession of heroin, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Wesley was also named in two warrants alleging failure to appear on the charges of neglect of family and possession of Schedule II drugs.
No bail has been set.
—Martin Anthony Scelfo, 28, Franklin, was arrested at 11:53 a.m. Monday on five warrants alleging failure to appear on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, domestic abuse battery, theft, criminal trespassing and resisting an officer.
No bail has been set.
—Koulton Henderson, 19, Baton Rouge, was arrested at 7:55 p.m. Monday on a charge of reckless operation (no accident). Henderson was released on a summons to appear Sept. 1.
—Joseph Lee Robertson Sr., 57, Jeanerette, was arrested at 12:07 a.m. Tuesday on charges of simple burglary- and possession of drug paraphernalia.
No bail has been set.

Berwick
Police Chief David Leonard reported this arrest:
 —Jairo Juarez Perez, 24, Amelia, was arrested at 11:28 p.m. Monday, on charges of driving while intoxicated (first offense) and careless operation.
 At 11:11 p.m. Monday, the Berwick Police Department received a complaint of a reckless driver on La. 182. Officers located the vehicle and observed it swerving all over the roadway and conducted a traffic stop.
The driver was identified as Perez. He exhibited signs of impairment on alcohol, and he subsequently performed poorly on standardized field sobriety testing.
Perez was placed under arrest and transported to the Berwick Police Department, where he provided a proper breath sample of .175g% BAC. He was booked into the Berwick Jail and was released after posting a $3,000 bond. 

St. Martin
Sheriff Becket Breaux reported these arrests:
—Marshelle Davis, 23, Knox Avenue, Orange, Texas, was arrested Sunday by the Breaux Bridge Police Department on charges of principal to aggravated criminal damage to property, principal to assault by drive-by shooting and principal to aggravated assault with a firearm.
—Markeisha Guidry, 23, Carmel Drive, Lafayette, was arrested Sunday by the Breaux Bridge Police Department on charges of principal to aggravated criminal damage to property, principal to assault by drive-by shooting and principal to aggravated assault with a firearm.
—Jajuan Mouton, 18, Breaux Bridge, was arrested on charges of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles, simple burglary of a movable or immovable, and simple criminal damage to property.
—Martin Scelfo, 28, La. 87, Franklin, was arrested Sunday on charges of failure to appear, distribution of drug paraphernalia and possession of Schedule II drugs.
—Clarence Smith, 35, Myrtis Street, St. Martinville, was arrested Sunday by the St. Martinville Police Department on charges of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of Schedule II drugs, possession of Schedule IV drugs, transactions involving proceeds from drug offenses, possession of drug paraphernalia, and registration plate light required.
—Lerneisha Stevenson, 38, 1900 block of Carmel Drive, Lafayette, was arrested Sunday by the Breaux Bridge Police Department on charges of assault by drive-by shooting, aggravated assault with a firearm, aggravated criminal damage to property, illegal use of a weapon, and failure appear.

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