Two-Month Undercover Operation Leads to Arrest!
Sheriff Charles R. Guillory, of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office releases the following:
On the 23rd of December 2020 The Evangeline Parish Sheriff Department Criminal Patrol Unit, conducted a traffic stop on Pine Point road. Deputies stopped a green Toyota pickup for traffic violations. When deputies approached the truck, they could smell marijuana. The occupants of the truck admitted to having marijuana in it. Deputies removed the occupants and searched the truck; they recovered a small amount of marijuana. The driver was cited as follows and released.
Nathan Joseph Fontenot
1031 Orise Lane
Ville Platte, LA.70586
W/M AGE 19
He was cited as follows and released.
LA:RS: 40:966 Possession of marijuana
The passenger in the truck was wanted on a charge of distribution of Methamphetamine. This warrant resulted from a two-month undercover operation. Once the passenger Dylan Blaze Savoie was brought to the parish jail, Criminal patrol agents then executed a search warrant on his residence. During the execution of the search warrant agents found Marijuana, methamphetamine, ecstasy, and other narcotics. This led to the following charges.
Dylan Blaze Savoie
108 South Chataignier street
Ville Platte, LA.70586
W/M AGE 19
He was charged as follows
LA:RS: 40:966.C Possession marijuana
LA:RS: 40:966.C Possession with intent to distribute marijuana
LA: RS: 40:967 Possession with intent to distribute Methamphetamine
LA:RS: 40:967 Possession of MDMA
LA:RS 40:1023 Possession of drug paraphernalia
LA:RS: 40:967 Distribution of Methamphetamine
LA:RS: 14:91.13 Possession of CDS in the presence of a juvenile
He remains in custody.
As always, Sheriff Charles R Guillory and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office is always seeking information on criminal activity and urges the Public to contact their Investigation Department via phone at 337-363-2161 or through the agency's website at www.evangelineparishsheriff.org. Any person's reporting information will remain anonymous.