Two people arrested in Morgan City on burglary 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.)

Morgan City police arrested a man and a woman spotted late at night behind a business and booked them on burglary charges after they fled, police reports say.

Morgan City
Police Chief James F. Blair reported that over the last 48-hour period, the Morgan City Police Department responded to 75 calls for service and made these arrests beginning Monday:
—Troy Carnley, 37, Henry Street, Patterson, was arrested at 12:26 a.m. Monday on charges of simple burglary and criminal trespass and on a 16th Judicial District Court warrant for failure to appear.
—Meghan Lynn Cheramie, 29, Park Road, Morgan City, LA., was arrested at 12:26 a.m. Monday on charges of simple burglary and criminal trespass.
An officer with the Morgan City Police Department observed two individuals walking along the rear of a business on Roderick Street that was closed around midnight. When the officers went to stop the two individuals, they fled on foot.
The patrol officer observed that the fleeing suspects left behind two 10-gallon, marine-style fuel tanks. Officers searched the area and located Carnley and Cheramie hiding on a nearby property.
Officers learned the two fuel tanks had been stolen from a boat on Keith Street. Carnley and Cheramie were identified as the same two suspects fleeing from officers earlier. They were placed under arrest and transported to the Morgan City Police Department for booking and incarceration.
—Jesse Blakeman, 27, Cypress Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 6:22 p.m. Monday on a charge of disturbing the peace (intoxicated).
—Edward Anthony Gil, 43, Kimberly Drive, Morgan City, was arrested at 6:19 p.m. Tuesday on charges of disturbing the peace and criminal damage to property.
—Ward Howard Carlson, 60, Fourth Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 12:58 a.m. Wednesday on a charge of disturbing the peace (intoxicated) and on 6th Ward Court warrants for two counts of failure to pay fine, failure to pay probation fee and probation violation.

St. Mary
Sheriff Blaise Smith advises that over the last 24-hour reporting period, the Sheriff’s Office responded to 36 complaints and made these arrests:
—Timothy Troung, 26, Amelia, was arrested at 11:55 a.m. Tuesday on a charge of domestic abuse child endangerment law. Bail has been set at $3,500.
—Nicholas Anthony Gamble, 41, Franklin, was arrested at 2:46 p.m. Tuesday on a warrant for failure to appear on the charge of domestic abuse child endangerment law. No bail has been set.
—Thaddeus Lancelot Alvis, 28, Killeen, Texas, was arrested at 4:04 p.m. Tuesday on a charge of possession of marijuana. Alvis was released on a summons to appear Sept. 1.
—Kyle Thomas Logan, 43, Woodville, Mississippi, was arrested at 12:31 p.m. Tuesday on a warrant alleging monetary instrument abuse. No bail has been set.
 —Joseph John Verdin Jr., 48, Vidalia, was arrested Tuesday on charges of false imprisonment, simple battery, simple assault, resisting by force, battery on a police officer, possession of methamphetamine and possession of Schedule IV drugs.
No bail has been set.
 —Brittany Renee Kirt, 32, Franklin, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of simple criminal damage to property. Kirt was released on a summons to appear Sept. 1.
 —Travis Lorenzo Ray, 30, Bayou Vista, was arrested at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday on a charge of simple criminal damage to property. Ray was released on a summons to appear Sept. 1.

Assumption
Sheriff Leland Falcon reported these arrests:
—Branden Joseph Landry, 35, La. 402, Napoleonville, was arrested Monday on charges of operating a vehicle with a suspended driver’s license, switched license plate, driving on roadway laned for traffic and violation of a protective order.
—Nicole Lynn Gros, 41, Mary Ann Street, Pierre Part, was arrested Monday on charges of possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
A uniformed patrol deputy observed a vehicle commit a traffic violation on La. 308 near Plattenville and initiated a stop. The deputy made contact with the driver, identified as Landry. Deputies determined that Landry was driving under a suspended driver’s license and there was a switched license plate on the pick-up truck.
Based on observation made by deputies, a consent to search the vehicle was requested from Landry. As a result of the search, a quantity of suspected methamphetamine and assorted drug paraphernalia were seized.
Landry was arrested and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Facility, where he remains incarcerated with bond set at $5,600. Gros, a passenger, was booked on the methamphetamine and paraphernalia charges and remains incarcerated with a bond set at $7,000.
—Erick Allen Brunner, 38, Melissa Street, Labadieville, was arrested Monday on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of methamphetamine, speeding 68 mph in a 55 mph zone, possession of marijuana and driving under a suspended driver’s license.
A uniformed patrol officer on assignment Monday on La. 1 near Labadieville observed a vehicle commit a traffic violation and initiated a stop. The deputy made contact with the driver and determined that the driver, as Brunner, was driving under a suspended driver’s license.
Because of observations made by the investigating deputy, a K-9 was summoned to the violator’s location. The K-9 conducted an open-air sniff of the vehicle and alerted positive for the presence of controlled dangerous substances.
A subsequent search of the vehicle yielded assorted drug paraphernalia and a quantity of methamphetamine.
Brunner was arrested and booked into the parish detention facility with bond set at $12,400.

St. Martin
Sheriff Becket Breaux reported these arrests:
—Nathaniel Dauphine, 47, Harold Stoutes Road, Breaux Bridge, was arrested Monday on warrant for failure to appear on a charge of domestic abuse battery.
—James Reece, 25, Jim Sells Road, Breaux Bridge, was arrested Monday on a warrant for failure to appear.
—Michelle Alexander, 47, Ti Coy Road, Breaux Bridge, was arrested Tuesday by the Breaux Bridge Police Department on charges of aggravated assault with a firearm, distribution of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer, carrying a firearm on school property and battery on a police officer, and on a warrant alleging failure to appear.
—Xzavier Dyson, 22, Gertrude Drive Abbeville, was arrested Monday on a hold for the U.S. Marshals Service.
—Clifton Etienne, 30, Melvin Dupuis Road, Breaux Bridge, was arrested Tuesday on a warrant for failure to appear.
—Sean Jean-batiste, 33, Storm King Road, Schertz, Texas, was arrested Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Service.
—Patrick Joiner, 54, Mary View Farm Road, Carencro, was arrested Tuesday on a hold for the U.S. Marshals Services.
—Britany Louviere, 25, Coteau Holmes Lane, St. Martinville, was arrested Tuesday on charges of simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling and simple criminal damage to property.
—Brittany Thibodeaux, 26, Napoleon Avenue, Sunset, was arrested Tuesday by the St. Martinville Police Department on a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.