DATE: FRIDAY,
JUNE 23, 2017
TO: ALL MEDIA OUTLETS
FROM: SHERIFF LELAND FALCON
SUBJECT: SEARCH WARRANT / NARCOTICS
ARREST – GARY BUSINELLE III
PIERRE PART – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon
reports the arrest of Gary Businelle III, 21, of 316 South Bay Road, Pierre
Part, LA on drug charges after agents executed a search warrant on the
suspect’s home late Thursday.
As part of an ongoing criminal probe, agents
identified Businelle as being involved in illegal drug activity. As a result of that investigation, agents
executed a search warrant on Businelle’s home and seized a quantity of
marijuana.
Businelle was arrested, transported to the Assumption
Parish Detention Center and was booked on charges of:
*Possession
of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute
*Illegal Use of
Controlled Dangerous Substance in the Presence of Children Under 17 Years of Age
*Possession of Drug
Paraphernalia
Businelle was incarcerated pending a bond hearing.
For additional information concerning this News
Release, contact Sheriff Leland Falcon or Commander Lonny Cavalier at
985-369-7281.