LPSO arrests several on drug charges

Agents with the Lafourche Parish Drug Task Force nabbed four South Lafourche people on drug charges over a two-day period.

Wednesday evening, the officers spotted a vehicle cross and ride the centerline of Hwy. 24, west of Larose, for a considerable distance, said Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman Larry Wiedel. They stopped the vehicle, driven by Carl Raven Adams, 31, of 128 B&R Lane, Golden Meadow, near Campbell Wells.

Adams had active warrants for his arrest and was unable to produce a valid driver’s license, Weidel said.

With Adams’ permission, agents searched his vehicle. A female passenger told agents that Adams had given her a pill n which she did not take n when he picked her up. The drug was identified as Elavil, a prescription medication for anti-depression (Legend drug), the spokesman said.

While the deputies were searching the vehicle, Adams’ cell phone rang. A member of the Task Force answered the call; the caller wanted to buy $100 worth of crack cocaine.

Adams was arrested on driving left of center, no driver’s license and distribution of a Legend drug charges, as well as the two outstanding warrants for contempt of court, Weidel said. He was booked at the South Lafourche Sub-station and later transported to the Lafourche Parish Detention Center in Thibodaux.

While still patrolling South Lafourche, the agents spotted a second vehicle, a silver Tahoe, cross the centerline on Hwy. 308, Weidel said. The vehicle was known to have been used by several drug users and dope dealers, he explained.

After the vehicle crossed the centerline a second time, agents stopped the SUV.

After receiving written consent from the driver to search the vehicle, agents found a Tupperware container with crack pipe filters and a straw with cocaine residue on it, Weidel said. The passenger of the SUV, David Pigg, 51, of 18297 East Main St., Golden Meadow, also had a crack pipe in his pocket and a pill bottle with rock-like objects suspected to be crack cocaine, the spokesman said.

Pigg was charged with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The driver, Tessie Gaubert, 35, of 11034 Hwy. 1, Lockport, was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and driving left of center.

Both were transported to the Lafourche Parish Detention Center in Thibodaux, Weidel said.

The same day, Harbor Patrol Deputy Jeff Prevost stopped a truck that was driving erratically, the spokesman said.

After patting down the driver, Ron M. Gisclair, 35, of 109 Paul St., Golden Meadow, the deputy found a prescription bottle containing several different pills in the pocket of the man’s pants. The bottle contained Aleve, hydrocodone, Soma and diazepam, Weidel said.

Gisclair was arrested for possession of controlled dangerous substances.

Inside Gisclair’s car, Prevost found a pill bottle with the label scratched off and a plastic grocery bag containing several prescription bottles, according to Weidel.

A Task Force agent and Prevost also found two bottles of diazepam, three bottles of Soma and three bottles of hydrocodone, he said.

Gisclair went to three doctors over four days to get the prescribed medication, Weidel explained.

Because the Golden Meadow man is deaf, Weidel said he was allowed to read his Miranda Rights, which he agreed he understood.

He was charged with possession of CDS-4 (Dorvaset) and prohibited acts (doctor shopping); however, he was not charged for the pills found in his pocket because he had a prescription for the pills in his vehicle, according to the spokesman. Gisclair was transported to the South Lafourche Sub-station for booking, and his car was impounded.

State District Judge Walter Lanier Jr. set bond at $2,500.

If convicted, Weidel said Gisclair could face up to 5 years in prison for each drug offense and a $5,000 fine.