DATE:            WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2017
TO:                  ALL MEDIA OUTLETS
FROM:            SHERIFF LELAND FALCON
SUBJECT:      DRUG LAW VIOLATIONS - SHELDON CURTIS SIMONEAUX

PAINCOURTVILLE– Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Sheldon Curtis Simoneaux, 41, of 151 Daggs Street, Belle Rose, LA, on drug law violations following a traffic stop.

A uniformed patrol deputy observed a vehicle commit a traffic violation. The deputy stopped the vehicle and proceeded to interview the driver who was identified as Sheldon Curtis Simoneaux.  Based on that interview, deputies obtained consent to search Simoneaux’s vehicle.

During the search of the vehicle, deputies located and seized quantities of marijuana, Lorcet HD (schedule II) and sildenafil (legend drug)

Sheldon Curtis Simoneaux was placed under arrest, transported to the Assumption Parish Detention Center and booked on charges of:

            *Possession of Marijuana

            *Possession of Schedule II Drugs (Lorcet)

            *Possession of a Legend Drug

Simoneaux 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.