Six hours, eight drug-related arrests for Sheriff's Office

(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.)

Monday and the early morning hours Tuesday were a busy time for the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office, which made eight arrests on drug possession or paraphernalia cases in less than six hours, according to arrest reports.

St. Mary
Sheriff Blaise Smith advised that over the last 24-hour reporting period, the Sheriff’s Office responded to 44 complaints and made these arrests:
—Michael Charles, 57, Franklin, was arrested at 7:58 p.m. Monday on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Charles was released on a summons to appear July 22.
 —Terry Lynn Mitchell, 51, Franklin, was arrested at 7:58 p.m. Monday on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Mitchell was released on a summons to appear July 22.
—Michael Delano Bourgeois III, 22, Franklin, was arrested at 9:25 p.m. Monday on charges of turning movements and signals, driver must be licensed, possession with intent to distribute Schedule I drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, transactions involving proceeds from drug offenses, and possession with intent to distribute a legend drug.
Bourgeois also held a warrant for failure to appear on the charge of possession of marijuana. No bail has been set.
—Joseph D’Zim Radford, 22, Franklin, was arrested at 9:25 p.m. Monday on charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and obstruction of justice (tampering). Radford was released on a $5,000 bond.
—Renaldo Keith Toussaint Jr., 26, Franklin, was arrested at 9:25 p.m. Monday on a charge of possession with intent to distribution of Schedule I drugs. Toussaint was released on a $3,500 bond.
—Reginald Demond Charles, 29, Franklin, was arrested at 9:25 p.m. Monday on a charge of possession with intent to distribute Schedule I drugs. Charles was released on a summons to appear July 22.
—Da’Jonnae Murdock, 21, Franklin, was arrested at 12:43 a.m. Tuesday on charges of possession of marijuana and improper lane usage. Murdock was released on a summons to appear July 22.
—Terrance Germayne Wiggins, 41, Franklin, was arrested at 1:46 a.m. Tuesday on charges of improper lane usage, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, illegal carrying of a weapon in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of THC wax.
Wiggins also held a warrant for failure to appear on charges of possession of a firearm or carrying a concealed weapon by a convicted felon, possession of or dealing in firearms with an obliterated number, possession of drug paraphernalia, and improper or failure to give required signal.
—Michael Ray Ceaser, 41, Franklin, was arrested at 2:18 p.m. Monday on two warrants on the charges of operating a vehicle without a driver’s license, failure to use seat belt and speeding. Bail has not been set.
—Guadalupe Jose Maldonado, 66, Patterson, was arrested at 10:22 p.m. Monday on charges of driving on roadway laned for traffic, driving under suspension and driving while intoxicated. Maldonado was released on a $6,250 bond.
Bail has not been set.

Assumption
Sheriff Leland Falcon reported these arrests:
—Juan Carlos De Jesus Vega, 30, Hood Street, Donaldsonville, was arrested Monday on a charge of injuring public records.
The arrest followed an attempt to obtain a Louisiana identification card through fraudulent means.
On Monday, deputies responded to a state Office of Motor Vehicles and made contact with the management.
Deputies examined the documents that Vega provided the OMV and determined that those documents were indeed fraudulent. Deputies arrested Vega and booked him into the Assumption Parish Detention Center pending a bond hearing.
—Telly Savalas Ross, 47, French Lane, Napoleonville, was arrested Monday on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender.
In March, detectives received information that Ross, a convicted sex offender, was no longer living at the address he provided to authorities during registration.
Detectives initiated an investigation and determined that Ross was convicted of indecent behavior with a juvenile in September 2013 and had been released at the conclusion of his sentence in August 2018. It was further determined that Ross was no longer living at the address he registered and he failed to register at his new address.
At the conclusion of the investigation, warrants were applied for and received for the arrest of Ross.
Ross was arrested on Monday in Napoleonville and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Facility pending a bond hearing.

St. Martin
Sheriff Becket Breaux reported these arrests:
—Christopher Bonvillian, 31, Mills Avenue, Breaux Bridge, was arrested Monday on a warrant for failure to appear on a charge of duty to notify law enforcement of an address change.
—Rusty Jean-lewis, 31, Port Street, St. Martinville, was arrested Monday by the St. Martinville Police Department on a charge of failure to appear.
—Tatyana Michael, 21, Belle Terre Drive, St. Martinville, was arrested Monday on a charge of battery of the infirm.