TRAFFIC STOP – FUGITIVE WARRANT

TRAFFIC STOP – FUGITIVE WARRANT – TREREANTE R. PHARAGOOD

BAYOU L’OURSE – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Trereante R. Pharagood, 26, of 202 West 10th Street, Thibodaux, LA, on felony fugitive warrants from the Thibodaux City Police arising from a traffic stop near U.S. 90 and LA 662 in Bayou L’Ourse early Thursday morning.

A uniformed patrol officer observed a vehicle commit a traffic violation and initiated a stop of that vehicle. The driver continued on for a distance before pulling over.

The deputy made contact with the driver who was initially non-compliant. After an officer / violator interview, the deputy determined that a fugitive warrant existed from Thibodaux City Police for Pharagood’s arrest. That warrant was in connection to a shooting incident.

Trereante R. Pharagood was arrested and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center on charges of:

*Resisting an Officer
*Flight from an Officer
*Operating a Vehicle with a Suspended Driver’s License
*Illegal Window Tint
*Fugitive Warrant – City Police of Thibodaux for Illegal Use of Weapons or Dangerous
Instrumentalities

Trereante R. Pharagood was released on bond on the Assumption charges and was transferred to Thibodaux City Police to answer to those charges.

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