Crime Roundup

Sex offender working for youth center arrested

Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man working as a janitor at the Cut Off Youth Center for violating the sex offender law.

According to LPSO spokesman Larry Weidel, deputies arrested Huey John Hue, 44, of Lot 20/23, East 178th St., Golden Meadow, Friday without incident. He was wanted on a warrant for violation of the sex offender law and for failure to report a change of address. The warrant, issued by state District Judge Walter Lanier Jr., carries a bond of $10,000.

Hue’s employment at the youth center is a direct violation of state law, Weidel said. His employer was unaware of the violation.

Hey admitted he had moved to Lafourche Parish and failed to report his change of address. He also admitted to working with 12- and 15-year-old juveniles assigned to complete community service hours.

He was booked at the South Lafourche Sub-station and transported to the Lafourche Parish Detention Center in Thibodaux.

Houma, Point-Aux-Chene men charged in stabbing

Houma Police arrested two men Saturday night after they stabbed two people as they were leaving a local lounge.

Joshua Clark, 26, of 313 Island Road, Point-Aux-Chene, and Manuel A. Moreno, 25, of 358 Monarch Dr., Apt. D, Houma, were arrested after they attacked two people outside a lounge on Main Street, said department spokesman Lt. Todd Duplantis. Clark stabbed a 20-year-old man in the neck with a knife and the second victim, a 21-year-old man, in the leg twice. Moreno, in the meantime, committed a battery on one of the victims.

Clark kicked officers and jumped on top of the police car to avoid arrest. He was charged with aggravated second-degree battery, aggravated battery, aggravated criminal damage to property, resisting an officer and two counts of battery of a police officer. Moreno was arrested for simple battery.

The 20-year-old male’s wounds did not require treatment; however, the 21-year-old’s cuts required several stitches, Duplantis said.

If convicted, Clark could face up to 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Criminal patrol leads to drug arrest

A man walking between houses in the 200 block of Prince Collins Street caught the attention of officers conducting a criminal patrol in the area early Friday morning.

Houma Police Officer Thomas Rhodes stopped Reginald Johnson, 46, of 205 Prince Collins St., who became very belligerent toward the officer and quickly put his left hand into his pants pocket, said Lt. Todd Duplantis, police department spokesman.

When Rhodes asked Johnson what was in his pocket, Johnson admitted it was a crack pipe. The office seized the pipe for evidence, Duplantis said.

As Rhodes attempted to arrest Johnson for unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, the Houma man began to resist. Rhodes had to wrestle Johnson to the ground to handcuff him.

Inside Johnson’s jacket, the officer found an open cigarette pack that contained suspected powder cocaine, the spokesman said. Also, in Johnson’s right inner shoe and sock, Rhodes found anther clear plastic bag containing suspected crack cocaine.

The narcotics were also seized for evidence, Duplantis said. The powder cocaine weighed approximately 3.8 grams and the suspected crack cocaine weighed about 3 grams, the spokesman said.

Johnson was booked at the Terrebonne Parish Jail with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of crack and powder cocaine and resisting an office by violence.

If convicted, Johnson can face up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine, according to Duplantis.

Houma man arrested for allegedly giving drug to 3-year-old

A Houma man was arrested after the mother a 3-year-old told police that the man gave her child a Zanbar pill.

Houma Police arrested Christopher Little, 21, of 300 Stovall St., for distributing a CDS to a person under age 18, early Thursday, according to department spokesman Lt. Todd Duplantis.

Police were first tipped Little had supplied drugs to the child around 9:28 p.m. March 11. The 25-year-old mother said she was able to remove the pill from her child’s mouth, and that Little had fled the area before police arrived. She said Little was a friend of her brothers, and that she did not know why he would have given her son the narcotic.

After searching the area, police did not find the Houma man.

On Thursday, around 1:30 am., officers found Little on Point Street near Barataria Avenue. He denied giving the child any type of pill, but admitted to giving the boy a sip of beer that day, Duplantis said.

If convicted, Little faces a maximum penalty of five to 30 years in jail.

Traffic stop lands driver in jail for possession

A traffic stop early last Sunday ended in the arrest of a Houma man on possession of marijuana charges.

Houma Police stopped a 1998 Chevrolet Lumina early last Sunday at the intersection of Grand Caillou Road and Jane Avenue, said Lt. Todd Duplantis, department spokesman. The driver, Rontrell Robertson, 19, of 125A St. Louis St., was wanted for questioning in another investigation.

Officers reported smelling a strong ordor of burnt marijuana coming from inside the car, Duplantis said. Upon investigation, police found a clear plastic bag with four smaller plastic marijuana-filled bags on the passenger-side seat of the car.

Robertson was issued a summons for possession of marijuana. The narcotic, which was seized for evidence, weighed approximately 8 grams and had a street value of $48, Duplantis said.

Mississippi DV suspect arrested in Lafourche Parish

An armed man wanted by Mississippi authorities for stalking and defaming his ex-wife was arrested in South Lafourche Parish last Wednesday night.

Phillip Kennedy, 50, of 101 CR Conerly Road, Kokomo, Miss., was charged on an outstanding fugitive warrant from Mississippi for three counts of violating a protective order; stalking; defamation; inciting a felony; possession with intent to distribute marijuana; and possession with intent to distribute Schedule III narcotics.

Sgt. Walter Tenney, a trained domestic violence specialist, made the arrest in Cut Off after deputies were alerted by the ex-wife that Kennedy would be in the area to sign some tax papers, said Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman Larry Weidel.

Kennedy had active warrants for his arrest for crimes against the woman, the spokesman said.

Weidel said the Mississippi man was known to carry a weapon and, in fact, had a Ruger 9mm semi-automatic pistol in his vehicle, along with individually wrapped bags of suspected marijuana and pills believed to be Hydrocodone. He also had printed papers indicating his ex-wife was a child molester, Weidel said.

Kennedy’s daughter and ex-wife participated in an on-going investigation into the crimes against the ex-wife, Weidel explained. Kennedy allegedly told his daughter to “plant” the drugs in his ex-wife’s truck so she would get arrested.

Weidel said the investigation also revealed that Kennedy had printed flyers that he posted throughout south Lafourche defaming his ex-wife’s character without validation.

Kennedy was taken into custody without incident. He was booked at the South Lafourche Sub-station and then transferred to the Lafourche Parish Detention Center in Thibodaux. His bond in Mississippi was $200,000, but has been increased to $300,000 by state District Judge Walter Lanier Jr.

Weidel said the maximum penalty for the charges is 30 years in prison with fines totaling over $50,000.

Suspect in early-morning break-in being sought

A Houma woman awoke last Wednesday morning to find a man in a black hooded sweatshirt standing next to her bed, according to Houma Police

The 26-year-old was asleep inside her home in the 200 block of Grand Caillou Road when she heard someone enter her residence through the front door, which was unsecure, said Lt. Todd Duplantis, Houma Police spokesman. The woman told officers when she sat up she saw a light skinned black man, whose hooded sweatshirt was covering his head and most of his face, standing beside her.

The woman told police she man hit her in the face and attempted to take her clothes off, Duplantis said. The woman fought with the suspect, kicking him in his groin area. After that blow, the man backed up and ran out the front door, the woman said.

Although she was unable to get a good look at the man’s face, the woman told police she saw red lights on his shoes that lit as he ran, Duplantis said. She also said the man’s hair was tied in several puffs.

Duplantis said Acadian Ambulance transported the woman to Terrebonne General Medical Center to be checked out.

Officers patrolled the area, but did not find anyone matching the description of the suspect. Anyone with information concerning this burglary is asked to call police at (985) 873-6308.

Pit bull heist lands Houma man in jail

Houma Police arrested a local man after he stole two black pit bull dogs from a 50-year-old man and gave them to juveniles in the area.

Department spokesman Lt. Todd Duplantis said officers responded to the dog theft complaint last Wednesday around 5:30 p.m. The man told police when he arrived home that afternoon he noticed his dogs were missing from his property.

Officers learned that Stephen Allen Earle, 46, a homeless man, had gone on to the man’s property, taken the two dogs and left walking toward Main Street.

Earle admitted to police that he had taken the animals and given them to juveniles in the area, Duplantis said. He was arrested for theft of a dog.

Officers patrolling the area recovered the dogs on Engeron Street and returned them to the owner.

If convicted, Earle could face up to 10 years in jail and a $3,000 fine.

Man robbed of wallet, walking stick

A woman robbed a 44-year-old man of his wallet and walking stick last Wednesday morning.

The man told Houma Police he was walking under the twin span overpass, at the Liberty Street Bridge near Park Avenue, when the incident occurred. He said a black female, with brown eyes, black hair and wearing a white shirt and black pants, took his wallet off his side. When he tried to follow her, the woman threatened to hit him with the walking stick, said Lt. Todd Duplantis, spokesman for the Houma Police Department.

Officers patrolling the area were unable to find the woman. Anyone with information is asked to call Houma Police at (985) 873-6371.

Woman’s drunken swing on police ends with ride to jail

A Houma woman suspected of causing a disturbance at a local lounge turned her fury on police only to land in jail last Saturday.

Houma Police were called to a lounge in the 7000 block of Main Street after Antoinette Rodrigue, 35, of 100 Fresno Dr., caused a disturbance.

When police arrived, Rodrigue was highly intoxicated and continuing to make a scene at the bar, said Lt. Todd Duplantis. When officers approached, she turned and swung an open right hand toward an officer’s face. The officers placed her under arrest for disturbing the peace by intoxication; that’s when she began resisting arrest and yelling at officers.

Duplantis said while she was being transported to the Terrebonne Parish Jail, the woman tried to exit the police unit and was hitting her head against the cage inside. She was not injured, and the police unit was not damaged.

Rodrigue was charged with disturbing the peace by intoxication and resisting an officer.

Houma man arrested for drug possession

After rolling his Pontiac through a stop sign on Isaac Street, Houma Police stopped a car driven by a Houma man early last Saturday only to discover his license had been suspended.

Officers stopped the car, driven by Clarence Jerome Coleman, 33, of 112 Tulane Ave., in the 100 block of Tulane Avenue.

Coleman quickly became very belligerent toward the officers. Upon investigation, police found a large bag, inside of which were 29 smaller clear plastic bags of suspected marijuana, in the vehicle, said Lt. Todd Duplantis, spokesman for the Houma Police.

Coleman was booked at the Terrebonne Parish Jail for disobeying a stop sign, operating a vehicle with a suspended driver’s license and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

The seized marijuana weighed approximately 54.4 grams, and carried a street value of over $300, according to Duplantis.