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.