By Pat Culverhouse
A traffic stop on a local street Saturday morning netted Minden police officers a 35-year-old local suspect on several drug charges, plus a pair of charges involving a firearm.
Nicholas Lebo Aaron Vantrez Jones has been booked for possession of CDS Sch. I (natural marijuana), possession of CDS Sch. II (methamphetamine), possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm in the presence of CDS, resisting an officer, three traffic charges and as a fugitive from Bossier Parish, according to MPD Chief Jared McIver.
McIver said Jones was pulled over on Goodwill St. by Officer Cadyn O’Conner around 8 a.m. Saturday, where a driver’s license check revealed outstanding warrants from Shreveport and Bossier Parish.
During questioning, Jones reportedly provided officers a small amount of natural marijuana. McIver said Jones was removed from the vehicle and MPD Officers Ben Sarks and Jessica Thompson began a search for additional narcotics.
“While searching the vehicle, Officer Sparks located a silver handgun under the driver’s seat,” McIver said. “When the officer retrieved the firearm, Jones ran from the scene. After a brief chase, he was subdued.”
Jones was taken to the MPD’s holding cell where he is reportedly awaiting transfer to the Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center.
Cotton Valley woman attempts theft from discount store
In a separate incident, a Cotton Valley woman allegedly nabbed for attempting to avoid paying for a quantity of merchandise at a local discount store has been arrested for theft and on a number of bench warrants.
Shantell Hubert, 26, was arrested Friday after discount store personnel reportedly witnessed her in the self-checkout lane, bagging items which she did not scan for purchase. MPD Chief Jared McIver said a receipt check by store personnel showed 34 items valued at just over $345 were unpaid.
Hubert reportedly is being held on one count of theft with a $750 cash bond, plus three active bench warrants.
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