By Pat Culverhouse

A traffic stop for a non-working brake light proved to be a bad break for a Springhill man who now faces a variety of drug charges as a result.

Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker said 39-year-old Larry Ray Allen Jr. is facing a trio of illegal narcotics possession charges following his arrest Tuesday by Deputy Michael Dickey and Sgt. Lance Chanler.

According to a report of the incident, Dickey noticed a strong odor of marijuana inside Allen’s vehicle following the stop. When the deputy reportedly asked a passenger for identification, he observed a clear plastic bag containing a substance believed to be marijuana on the floor board.

As the deputy leaned inside the vehicle to retrieve the suspected marijuana, he reportedly discovered another bag containing suspected methamphetamines, a separate bag with several suspected Ecstasy pills and a glass smoking pipe.

Allen’s charges include possession of CDS Sch. I (Ecstasy), possession of CDS Sch. II (methamphetamines), simple possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and a pair of traffic charges.

He reportedly is being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center under $5,000 bond.

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.