TRAFFIC STOP – FUGITIVE ARREST

TRAFFIC STOP – FUGITIVE ARREST
FRANKLIN KENDALL JARVIS VERRET

BAYOU L’OURSE – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Franklin Kendall Jarvis Verret, 26, of 319 Naquin Street, Houma, LA, on charges arising from a traffic stop on LA 398 on Tuesday evening.

A detective unit observed a vehicle commit multiple traffic violations and initiated a stop of that vehicle assisted by the uniformed patrol division.

The deputies made contact with the driver, now identified as Franklin Kendall Jarvis Verret. The deputies noted an odor of suspected marijuana emitting from the vehicle.

The driver consented to a search of the vehicle and during that process, a quantity of suspected marijuana was seized.

During a criminal records check, it was determined that Verret was wanted on a fugitive warrant from Lafourche Parish and was driving under a suspended license.

Franklin Kendall Jarvis Verret was arrested and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center on charges of:

*Possession of Marijuana – 2nd Offense
*Driving Under a Suspended Driver’s License
*Speeding
*Expired Motor Vehicle Inspection Tag
*No Seat Belt
*Fugitive Warrant – Lafourche Parish

Franklin Kendall Jarvis Verret remains incarcerated pending a bond hearing.

For additional information concerning this News Release, contact Sheriff Leland Falcon or Public Information Officer, Lonny Cavalier at (985) 498-9353 or (985) 369-7281