TRAFFIC STOP – FUGITIVE – DRUG LAW VIOLATIONS

TRAFFIC STOP – FUGITIVE – DRUG LAW VIOLATIONS – ADAM LEROY HUNT

NAPOLEONVILLE – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Adam Leroy Hunt, 35, of 129 Highway 401, Napoleonville, LA on a fugitive warrant and drug law violations arising from a traffic stop near Napoleonville late Sunday.

A uniformed patrol deputy observed a vehicle commit a traffic violation and executed a stop of that vehicle. The deputy made contact with the driver, now identified as Adam Leroy Hunt. During a criminal records check, deputies were advised that Adam Leroy Hunt was wanted on a fugitive warrant from Ascension Parish.

An open-air sniff of the vehicle in question by a sheriff’s office K-9 produced positive results. A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of drug paraphernalia.

Adam Leroy Hunt was arrested and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center on charges of:

*Fugitive Warrant – Ascension Parish

Adam Leroy Hunt was issued a summons for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Hunt was also issued violation tickets for

*Improper Lane Usage
*Open Container

Adam Leroy Hunt was later transferred to the custody of the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office.

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