Trio caught riding around with drugs, alcohol in Ascension overnight
ASCENSION PARISH - Deputies arrested three men after drugs and open alcohol containers were found during a traffic stop.
Shortly after midnight, deputies with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle. The driver was identified as 24-year-old Mike Brown. His passengers were 40-year-old Jeffery Johnson and 23-year-old Daryl Brown.
While searching the vehicle authorities found a quantity of Ecstasy, four ounces of marijuana, promethazine tablets, cyclobenzaprine tablets, a digital scale, and open alcoholic beverage containers.
The driver was charged with a stop sign violation, expired registration, not having insurance, possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a legend drug without a prescription, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, and possession with intent to distribute Ecstasy.
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The other suspects were charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Johnson had an additional charge of open alcoholic beverage.