By: ELIZABETH WEST
Associate Editor
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office has made two recent drug busts within the last month in the parish.
The first bust, which resulted in the arrest of 31-year old Bernard Bryan Caldwell II, took place on March 18, 2016 after deputies were dispatched to Caldwell’s residence for an alarm activation.
A press release from the EPSO stated that Sheriff Eddie Soileau’s investigators seized a large amount of Marijuana, a small amount of Cocaine, and a firearm at the residence located on the 4000 block of Highway 167 N.
Caldwell was charged with possession of a schedule II controlled dangerous substance (Cocaine), cultivation/distribution of Marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Caldwell was released from jail on a $55,000.00 bond that was set by Judge Gary Ortego.
On April 8, 2016, 35-year old Jeremy Michael Savant was also arrested for drugs after deputies were dispatched to a residence located on Cheryl Street in Ville Platte for a noise complaint.
The EPSO press release stated that “Sheriff Eddie Soileau said his patrolman seized .656 ounces of Marijuana and .012 ounces of Methamphetamine, along with numerous items of drug paraphernalia.”
These items according to the release were “all located at a residence on the 200 block of Cheryl Street. “
Savant was arrested and booked into the parish jail for possession with intent to distribute schedule I (Marijuana), possession of a schedule II controlled dangerous substance (Methamphetamine), and possession of drug paraphernalia.