DRUG LAW VIOLATION – DISTRIBUTION

DRUG LAW VIOLATION – DISTRIBUTION – JEROME LEMON

BELLE ROSE – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Jerome Lemon, 60, of 317A Highway 1003, Belle Rose, La., on felony drug distribution charges related to an ongoing parish wide illegal narcotics investigation.

Narcotics agents conducting this investigation were able to identify Jerome Lemon as trafficking in illegal narcotics in Assumption Parish.

During the course of the investigation, agents were able to establish probable cause to obtain arrest warrants on Jerome Lemon.

On Monday, Jerome Lemon was arrested in Belle Rose and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center on charges of;

*Distribution of Crack Cocaine

Jerome Lemon was incarcerated pending a bond hearing.

For additional information concerning this News Release, contact Sheriff Leland Falcon or Public Information Officer, Lonny Cavalier at 985-369-7281.