St. Mary Parish Police 12/16

Mathew Garcia 24 yoa of 605 Landry Lane, Bayou Vista was arrested on 12-15-2009 at 12:51 pm on warrants for Domestic Abuse Battery and Failure to Appear on the charges of Speeding and Unsafe Vehicle. Deputy was called to Hwy 182 and Burchfield Lane in the Berwick area in reference to a female subject advising she needed help. Deputy located suspect vehicle and made contact with above suspect and complainant. Deputy learned that both subjects were having a verbal altercation. A warrants check was conducted with above suspect being placed under arrest and booked into the parish jail with no bond at this time.

Sherri Gros 25 yoa and Christopher Haynes 27 yoa both of 119 Marin St., Patterson were arrested on 12-15-2009 at 8:28 pm for Domestic Abuse Battery. Deputy was called to above location in reference to a disturbance. Upon Deputy’s arrival it was learned that above suspect committed a battery upon each other. After investigation both Suspects were placed under arrest and booked into the parish jail with no bond at this time.

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

Darryl Ruffin 53 yoa of 528 ½ Third St., Morgan City was arrested on 12-15-2009 at 9:02 pm for Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute, Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute and Failure to Use Turn Signal. Agents of the Narcotics Task Force were patrolling the Siracusaville area, when they conducted a traffic stop on Ramos and James St… During investigation consent to search was given with Agents searching vehicle and locating five rocks of crack cocaine, a small bag of powder cocaine and three small bags of marijuana. After investigation above suspect was placed under arrest and booked into the parish jail with no bond at this time.

Damon Gray 30 yoa of 603 Leona St., Morgan City was arrested on 12-15-2009 at 9:44 pm for Possession of Cocaine, Obstruction of Justice and warrants for Probation Violation, Failure to Appear on the charge of Attempted Distribution of Cocaine, two warrants for Failure to Appear for Criminal Neglect of Family and a warrant for Houma Police Department for Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Schedule II Narcotics. Agents of the Narcotics Task Force were patrolling the Morgan City area, when they conducted an investigative stop on above suspect walking down Fig St… Upon Agents approaching suspect he was observed throwing an item to the ground that was retrieved containing crack cocaine. Suspect was placed under arrest and booked into the parish jail with no bond at this time.