TRAFFIC STOP / DRUG / GUN LAW VIOLATIONS – I.C.E. ARREST

CHARLES JOSEPH BARBIER – I.C.E. ARREST

BELLE RIVER – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Charles Joseph Barbier, 41, of 127 Cypress Street, Pierre Part, LA, on multiple felony charges arising from a traffic stop in the vicinity of Cypress Street in Belle River late Thursday.

A uniformed patrol deputy assigned to the I.C.E. detail observed a vehicle commit a traffic violation and initiated a stop of that vehicle.

The deputy made contact with the driver, now identified as Charles Joseph Barbier and engaged Barbier into an officer / violator interview. Upon completion of that interview, the deputy interviewed a passenger of the vehicle.

At the conclusion of the interviews, the deputy believed additional investigation was warranted. A K-9 unit was summoned to the location. The K-9 conducted an open-air sniff of the suspect vehicle and alerted positive to the presence of controlled dangerous substances. A search of the vehicle yielded assorted drug paraphernalia, suspected methamphetamine and a firearm. During the investigative process, the deputy determined that Charles Joseph Barbier was a prior convicted felon and therefore could not possess a firearm. The suspect further advised deputies of two additional firearms in his home which were subsequently seized.

Charles Joseph Barbier was arrested and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center on charges of:

*Possession of Methamphetamine
*Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon
*Illegal Possession of Firearms in the Presence of Controlled Dangerous Substances
*Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
*Speeding

Charles Jospeh Barbier remains incarcerated pending a bond hearing.
For additional information concerning this News Release, contact Sheriff Leland Falcon or Public Information Officer, Lonny Cavalier at (985) 498-9353 or (985) 369-7281.