On Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at 6:17 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a residence in the 400 block of Birch Street in LaPlace for the report of a disturbance at the residence. When deputies arrived, they identified two female subjects and two male subjects at the residence. For the safety of the deputies, deputies conducted a cursory search of the residence for other individuals and discovered a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in the residence. Deputies notified narcotics detectives of their findings.
During the investigation of the reported disturbance, deputies learned that Michelle Orgeron, 33, of Bonnie Street in LaPlace was involved in a verbal altercation with Jason Hicks, 36, of Birch Street. The altercation became physical including Hicks’ physical assault on Orgeron’s two daughters 11-years-old and 8- years-old. The parties involved in the altercation refused medical attention. Hicks fled the area before deputies arrived.
Regarding the narcotic detectives’ investigation of the clandestine
methamphetamine laboratory, detectives identified Paul Crotwell Sr., 58, as the owner of the house. Jason Hicks and Kristy Salazar, 34, rented a room from Crotwell. Michelle Orgeron and Michael Richardson, 39, were at the residence visiting.
Detectives obtained and executed a judicial court ordered search warrant of
the residence. Detectives observed and documented the presence of a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Hicks’ and Salazar’s room. Because of the volatile nature of methamphetamine laboratories, detectives called a specialized company to disassemble the laboratory safely.
Detectives seized paraphernalia used in the production and distribution of methamphetamine, three grams of marijuana ($20), and half a gram of methamphetamine ($50).
Deputies arrested the following subjects and booked them accordingly:
MICHELLE LYNN ORGERON 33
BONNIE ST, LAPLACE, LA
40:983 – CREATION OR OPERATION OF A CLANDESTINE LABORATORY FOR THE UNLAWFUL
MANUFACTURE OF CDS
14:103 – DISTURBING THE PEACE – ENGAGING IN A FISTIC ENCOUNTER
BOND:
KRISTY LEE SALAZAR 34
BIRCH ST, LAPLACE, LA
40:967 C(1) – POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE LESS THAN 28 GRAMS 40:1023 – POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA 40:966E(1) – POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA 1ST OFFENSE
40:983 – CREATION OR OPERATION OF A CLANDESTINE LABORATORY FOR THE UNLAWFUL
MANUFACTURE OF CDS
BOND:
PAUL E CROTWELL SR 58
BIRCH ST, LAPLACE, LA
40:983 – CREATION OR OPERATION OF A CLANDESTINE LABORATORY FOR THE UNLAWFUL
MANUFACTURE OF CDS
BOND:
MICHAEL JEROME RICHARDSON 39
ELM ST, LAPLACE, LA
40:983 – CREATION OR OPERATION OF A CLANDESTINE LABORATORY FOR THE UNLAWFUL
MANUFACTURE OF CDS
BOND:
JASON EUGENE HICKS 36
BIRCH ST, LAPLACE, LA
40:1023 – POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
40:966E(1) – POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA 1ST OFFENSE
40:967 C(1) – POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE LESS THAN 28 GRAMS
40:983 – CREATION OR OPERATION OF A CLANDESTINE LABORATORY FOR
THE UNLAWFUL MANUFACTURE OF CDS
14:93 – CRUELTY TO JUVENILES – With Force/Violence
14:93 – CRUELTY TO JUVENILES – With Force/Violence
14:35 – SIMPLE BATTERY
14:35 – SIMPLE BATTERY
14:103 – DISTURBING THE PEACE – ENGAGING IN A FISTIC ENCOUNTER