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Task Force Arrests 112 In Ouachita Crime Crackdown

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Multiple agencies conducted 441 traffic stops.

The Ouachita Parish Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force conducted street operations on June 8th and 9th, 2017.   Different areas of Ouachita Parish were targeted. The Task force is comprised of sheriff’s deputies and police officers representing Ouachita Parish, surrounding parishes and the 4th Judicial Court District Attorney’s Office.

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Officers made 67 drug arrest.

Ouachita Parish Multi-jurisdictional Task Force

Statistics for the operation:

Arrests:

Warrant Arrests (Felony)                             45

Drug Arrests                                                    67

Total Arrests:                                             112

Citations:                                                        41

Traffic Stops Conducted:                      441

Drug Seizures:

Seizures reflect one or more arrests with exceptions of ¼ oz. or 1/8 oz. bags of Marijuana and Marijuana cigarettes in which totals for three nights are combined.

Marijuana:

119.5 grams

12 ounces

30-1/8 oz. individual bags

2 cigars

Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Heroine

Ecstasy, PCP:

10 grams of Cocaine

21 grams of Methamphetamine

114 units of Ecstasy

4 PCP cigarettes

Prescription Pills:

5 Hydrocodone pills

Miscellaneous Seizures:

5 Firearms

 

Agencies Participating:

Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office                                              Union Parish Sheriff’s Office

Monroe Police Department                                                       West Monroe Police Department

Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office                                               ULM Police Department

Metro Narcotics Unit                                                                   Louisiana State Police

Louisiana State Probation & Parole                                        4th Judicial Court District Attorney’s Office

Louisiana National Guard Counter Drug Air Wing

Originally from Monroe, Cory has worked in a variety of media. He has worked in television news and spent seven years as a TV sports play-by-play announcer. He was also creative director for a television advertising department and worked extensively as a photojournalist. Cory has lived in both Dallas and New Orleans.