DATE:            FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2017
TO:                  ALL MEDIA OUTLETS
FROM:            SHERIFF LELAND FALCON
SUBJECT:      NARCOTICS ARREST – MELVIN RASHAD MILLER

PLATTENVILLE – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Melvin Rashad Miller, 29, of 3277 Caesar Lane, Donaldsonville, LA, on narcotics and gun related charges following a traffic stop near Plattenville, LA.

A uniformed patrol division officer on a traffic stop observed Miller passing in a vehicle smoking what appeared to be a marijuana blunt.  The deputy detected the odor of marijuana, so he stopped the Miller vehicle.

The deputy interviewed the driver identified as Miller and as a result of that interview, deputies seized marijuana, assorted drug paraphernalia and a loaded firearm.  Based on the seizure, Miller was arrested, transported to the Assumption Parish Detention Center and booked on counts of:  

            *Possession of Marijuana (Third and Subsequent Offense, Felony)

            *Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

            *Illegal Possession of Firearms in the Presence of Controlled Dangerous Substances

Miller 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.