6 charged in LaPlace after tip

Published 12:00 am Saturday, March 8, 2014

LAPLACE – One call from a concerned resident led to six people being arrested Monday night by St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies.

On March 3 at 10:20 p.m., deputies responded to the 1500 block of Delta Road in LaPlace for the report of several subjects smoking marijuana in a car.

When deputies arrived, they located the car and saw two male subjects standing outside the car and four subjects in the car.

Upon further investigation, deputies recovered marijuana, synthetic marijuana, a small scale and a handgun.

Deputies arrested and booked the six subjects accordingly.

Milton Fleming Jr., 19, Joe Parquet Circle, LaPlace, was arrested and booked with

illegal carrying of a weapon with a controlled substance and distribution/manufacture of a schedule I controlled substance.

Fleming remains in custody in lieu of a $70,000 bond. He has been arrested five previous times in St. John Parish since February 2012. Three of Fleming’s arrests

include illegal gun charges.

Kendyra Williams, 19, Delta Road, LaPlace, was arrested and booked with two counts of distribution/manufacture of a schedule I controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Williams bonded out on a $26,500 bond.

Victorlyn Morgan, 20, Delta Road, LaPlace, was arrested and booked with two counts of possession of a schedule I controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Morgan bonded out on a $4,500 bond.

Kendell D. Esko Jr., 21, Delta Road, LaPlace, was arrested and booked with possession of schedule I CDS and contraband taken into a penal institution. Esko bonded out on a $3,500 bond.

Deschad Matthews, 17, Lee Drive, LaPlace, was arrested and booked with two counts of possession of a schedule I controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Matthews bonded out on a $4,500 bond.

Jeremiah Smith, 19, Delta Road, LaPlace, was arrested and booked with two counts of possession of a schedule I controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Smith bonded out on a $4,500 bond.