BERTRANDVILLE, La. (BRPROUD) – The Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) arrested a 28-year-old man Wednesday on multiple felony charges.
According to APSO, the sheriff’s office had several arrest warrants for Preston Morris Lewis, Jr. Investigators learned that Lewis lived in the 5400 block of LA 1 in Bertrandville and executed a search warrant Wednesday afternoon. APSO says narcotics agents, detectives, and uniformed patrol deputies arrived at the residence and arrested Lewis.
The effort led to the seizure of illegal narcotics and firearms, according to APSO. Lewis was booked and charged with possession of a firearm or carrying of a concealed weapon by a person convicted of domestic abuse battery, illegal carrying of weapons in the presence of controlled dangerous substances, possession of MDMA, possession of cannabinoids, or synthetic marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He was also charged with resisting an officer and failing to appear in Assumption Parish for cruelty to juveniles, traffic offenses, and battery of a dating partner.