St. Mary Sheriff's Office 10/2

According to Sheriff David Naquin during the last 24 hours the Sheriff’s Office responded to 29 complaints and reports the following arrests:

Dwayne Skinner 17 yoa of 711 Louisiana St., Morgan City was arrested on 10-1-2009 at 12:40 am on a warrant for Morgan City Police Department for Contempt of Court. Deputy was patrolling the Bayou Vista area, when he located above suspect. A warrants check was conducted with suspect being placed under arrest and turned over to Morgan City Police Department.

Eric G. Watson Sr. 57 yoa of 109 Bergeron Lane, Bayou Vista was arrested on 10-1-2009 at 11:15 am on a warrant for Failure to Appear on the charges of Driving Under Suspension and Failure to Use Seat Belts. Suspect turned himself into the Sheriff’s Office after learning of a warrant for his arrest. Suspect was placed under arrest and booked into the parish jail with a $500.00 bond and was later released.


The St. Mary Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force reports the following arrests:

Gia Dardeau 25 yoa of 525 Clarke Road, Bayou Vista was arrested on 10-1-2009 at 8:04 pm on warrants for Issuing Worthless Checks and a warrant for Berwick Police Department for Criminal Trespass and was additionally charged with Possession of Lorcet, Possession of Xanax and Possession of Soma. Agents of the St. Mary Parish Narcotics Task Force received information on above suspect selling illegal narcotics at 525 Clarke Road. Agents learned of warrants for suspect’s arrest and went to the residence to conduct an investigation. Upon Deputy’s arrival above suspect was placed under arrest on warrants. During investigation Agent located a plastic bag in suspect’s purse containing several different pills. After investigation above suspect was additionally charged and booked into the parish jail with no bond at this time.