FUGITIVE FELONY ARREST DURING TRAFFIC STOP-I.C.E. ARREST

FUGITIVE FELONY ARREST DURING TRAFFIC STOP-I.C.E. ARREST
KHALID ASIM COATES

LABADIEVILLE – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Khalid Asim Coates,44, of 11017 Toledo Bend, Baton Rouge, La., on a fugitive warrant from the Baton Rouge City Police Department following a traffic stop on LA. 398 west of Labadieville on Tuesday evening.

A uniform patrol deputy assigned to the I.C.E. detail observed a vehicle commit a traffic violation and conducted a stop of that vehicle.

The deputy made contact with the driver now identified as Khalid Asim Coates and engaged the driver in an officer / violator interview. During the stop, the deputy conducted a warrants check on Coates and determined that he was wanted by Baton Rouge City Police on a felony fugitive warrant.

Khalid Asim Coates was arrested and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center on felony fugitive charges of:

*Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated- Fourth Offense
*Disregarding Traffic Control Signals
*Driving Under a Suspended Driver’s License
*Reckless Operation of a Motor Vehicle

Khalid Asim Coates remains incarcerated pending transfer to the Baton Rouge City Police.

For additional information concerning this News Release, contact Sheriff Leland Falcon or Public Information Officer, Lonny Cavalier at (985) 498-9353 or (985) 369-2912.