By Pat Culverhouse

Threatened use of a K9 officer helped stop a Minden man’s attempted flight from police and led to his arrest on charges including possession of illegal narcotics.

Officer Kendale Booker reportedly attempted to stop Cedric Neal Adams, a 30-year-old Lee St. resident, who was riding a bicycle without reflective lamps in the wrong lane of traffic on Homer Rd. just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Adams reportedly refused orders to stop and rode across a nearby parking lot, abandoned the bicycle and attempted to flee on foot. He finally came to a halt when the officer threatened to release K9 Reef.

During a search, a clear plastic baggie containing a substance suspected to be methamphetamines and a suspected Ecstasy pill reportedly was found in Adams’ back pocket

Adams is facing charges of resisting an officer, possession of CDS Sch. I (Ecstasy) and possession of CDS Sch. II (methamphetamines). He is also facing traffic counts for traffic laws to persons riding bicycles and lamps required on bicycles.

He is being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center under a bond of $5,502.

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.