Morgan City police make arrests on battery 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 reported arrests over the last week on simple battery and sexual battery charges. St. Mary deputies made five arrests alleging failure to appear to answer traffic charges, including drunk driving.

Morgan City

Chief Chad M. Adams reported these arrests:

--David Duhe,70, Ida Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 11 p.m. Thursday on a charge of sexual battery.
--Christa Yarbrough, 38, Brashear Avenue, Morgan City, was arrested at 11:28 p.m. Thursday on a charge of simple battery.

--Danayre Smith, 30, Birchfield Lane, Berwick, was arrested at 7:43 a.m. May 21 on a charge of failure to appear for arraignment (6th
Ward Morgan City Court).

--David Aucoin, 29, Cremo Lane, Patterson, was arrested at 2:15 p.m. May 21 on a charge of failure to appear for arraignment (6th Ward Morgan City Court).

--Franke Leone, 60, Felicia Street, Morgan City, was arrested at 11 p.m. May 21 on charges of possession of marijuana (first offense) and possession of drug paraphernalia. (Released on summons.)

St. Mary

Sheriff Gary Driskell reported these arrests:

--Berlynn Lemoine, 19, Jeanerette, was arrested at 2:14 p.m. May 21 on a warrant alleging failure to appear on charges of operating a vehicle without a driver’s license, improper overtaking and passing a school bus. Bail was set at $750.

--Steve Michael Scully Sr., 59, Patterson, was arrested at 3:30 a.m. Thursday on a warrant alleging failure to appear on charges of no seat belt and driving under suspension. Bail has not been set at this time.

--Treylon Javon Jenkins, 31, Patterson, was arrested at 9:43 a.m. May 19 on a warrant alleging failure to appear on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated an careless operation of a motor vehicle. Jenkins was released on a $10,000 bond.

--Reginald Howard Layton, 45, Patterson, was arrested at 8:09 a.m. May 20 on a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

--Timothy Dewayne Bias, 26, Morgan City, was arrested at 4:08 p.m. on a warrant alleging failure to appear on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated; operating a vehicle while license is suspended, revoked, or canceled; improper lane usage; and reckless operation of a motor vehicle.

Bail was set at $5,000.

--Darrell Johnson, 55, Thibodaux, was arrested at 11:33 a.m. May 20, on a warrant alleging failure to appear on charges of speeding and failing to honor a written promise to appear.. Johnson was released on a $360 bond.

--Bethany Crochet White, 28, Morgan City, was arrested at 1:45 p.m. May 20 on a warrant alleging criminal neglect of family. Bail was set at $6,119.74.

--Atlas Joseph White, 33, Patterson, was arrested at 1:41 p.m. May 20 on a warrant alleging failure to register as a sex offender and duty of offender to notify law enforcement of a change of address. Bail was set at $10,000.

--Mark Broussard Jr., 35, Morgan City, was arrested at 1:44 p.m. May 20 on a warrant alleging failure to appear on charges of possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail was set at $6,000.

Franklin

Chief Cedric Handy reported this arrest:

--Demarkous Clay, 42, Davis Road, Jeanerette, was arrested at 8:21 p.m. Thursday on a warrant for the Broussard Police Department alleging battery of a dating partner. Clay was booked, processed and held with no bond set at the time of press release.

Assumption

Sheriff Leland Falcon reported this arrest:

--Michael Paul Broady, 40, Cecelia Street, Bayou L’Ourse, was arrested on Thursday on a felony probation-parole violation warrant arising from an investigative inquiry at a location in Bayou L’Ourse.

A uniformed patrol deputy observed an individual he knew to be Broady, and the deputy was aware that Broady was wanted on a probation-parole warrant.

The deputy arrested Broady and booked him into the Assumption Parish Detention Center. He was incarcerated and was ordered held without bond.

Thomas Anthony Malekhutchins, 48, Parish Road, Thibodaux, was arrested Friday on charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, probation-parole violation, no driver’s license, no seat belt, driving on a roadway laned for traffic and possession of alcoholic beverages in a motor vehicle.

A uniformed patrol deputy observed a vehicle commit a traffic violation and conducted a stop. The deputy made contact with the driver now identified as Malekhutchins and engaged the driver in an interview.

At the conclusion of that interview, the deputy conducted a K-9 open-air sniff of the suspect vehicle and alerted positive for the presence of controlled dangerous substances.

A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of assorted drug paraphernalia and suspected methamphetamine.

Malekhutchins was ordered held without bond on the probation-parole detainer and awaits a bond hearing on the remaining charges.