TRAFFIC – GUN – DRUG LAW VIOLATIONS – PURSUIT

TRAFFIC – GUN – DRUG LAW VIOLATIONS – PURSUIT
JADE M. LEBLANC and CORDEL JAMAL ROBINSON

BAYOU L’OURSE – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrests of Jade M. LeBlanc, 27, of 2040 Georgia Street, Jeanerette, LA and Cordel Jamal Robinson, 23, of 711 Wattigny Street, Jeanerette, LA on felony gun and drug law violations stemming from an attempted traffic stop turned high speed pursuit originating on LA 398 Tuesday afternoon.

A deputy working patrol observed a vehicle westbound on LA 398 commit a traffic violation and attempted to conduct a stop of that vehicle. The driver continued on at a high rate of speed prompting a pursuit event. Additional units were called in to assist and the suspect vehicle struck a spike strip near the U.S. 90 area causing the tires to deflate. The suspects, a white male driver and a black male passenger bailed from the vehicle and entered the swamp.

The driver was captured about an hour later and was identified as Jade M. LeBlanc.

A search of the suspect vehicle resulted in the seizure of several large caliber firearms as well as suspected marijuana.

A warrant check revealed that Jade M. LeBlanc was wanted for failure to appear in court in Assumption Parish for previous traffic violations.

Cordel Jamal Robinson was arrested on Tuesday night near the scene.

Both suspects were booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center as follows:

-Jade M. Leblanc was booked on counts of:
*Aggravated Flight from and Officer
*Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute
*Illegal Carrying of Firearms in the Presence of Controlled Dangerous Substances
*Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
*Resisting an Officer
*Driving Under Suspension
*Failure to Appear – (Assumption Parish) on Charges of Speeding and Driving
Under Suspension

-Cordel Jamal Robinson was booked on counts of:
*Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute
*Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon
*Illegal Possession of Firearms in the Presence of Controlled Dangerous Substances
*Resisting an Officer

Both Jade M. LeBlanc and Cordel Jamal Robinson remain incarcerated pending bond proceedings.

Sheriff Falcon wants to thank St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office for their assistance.

For additional information concerning this News Release, contact Sheriff Leland Falcon or Public Information Officer, Lonny Cavalier at 985-369-7281.