139 arrested over two day task force in NELA

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A multi-jurisdictional task force spearheaded by the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office resulted in 139 arrests over two days in May.

Sixty-one arrests were made on warrants while 78 were based on probable cause. Eighty-six citations were given, and 487 traffic stops were conducted May 10-11.

A poster at the OPSO Rifle Range displayed mugshots of several people arrested during the heightened enforcement period.

Sheriff Jay Russell said many of those apprehended were the worst of the worst. One suspect was picked up on six counts of attempted first-degree murder.

"In the day-to-day operations of the police departments, the sheriff's offices and the state police, we don't run across these people," Russell said, "but when you put 60 or 70 officers across the state in one area ... this is the results you get. You get these kind of people off the street. You get those that have been arrested with drugs and gun charges off the street also."

During the operation, items seized included 135 grams of marijuana, 34 grams of cocaine, 11.5 grams of methamphetamine, 15 Ecstasy tablets, 70 assorted prescription pills and four firearms.



Agencies participating in the task force included OPSO, Monroe Police Department, Richland Parish Sheriff's Office, Metro Narcotics Unit, Louisiana State Probation and Parole, Louisiana National Guard Counter Drug Air Wing, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office, West Monroe Police Department, ULM Police Department, Louisiana State Police, 4th Judicial District Attorney Steve Tew, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshal Service and Union Parish Sheriff's Office.