An area pastor was arrested in Shreveport late Thursday night after allegedly exposing himself to an undercover police officer in the public restroom at the Stoner Park Boat Launch.
Kenneth Sapp, 63, of Arcadia, pastor of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church just south of Ruston in Jackson Parish, was charged with possessing several types of drugs and a handgun during an undercover operation to deal with an ongoing problem at the location.
Booking records at the Shreveport city jail state Sapp exposed himself to a Shreveport Police officer who was working an undercover assignment just before midnight Thursday night. After his arrest, Sapp was allegedly found in possession of a handgun, 30 grams of suspected marijuana, 21 grams of suspected methamphetamine, multiple glass smoking pipes, and an unlabeled bottle of pills.
Sapp was booked for obscenity, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm during a controlled substance felony, possession of a legend drug, possession of drug paraphernalia, and open container.
Sapp remained in the city jail Friday awaiting transfer to the Caddo Correctional Center. Bail had not been set as of Friday night.
Pleasant Grove Church, also called The Oasis in the Woods, is on Bowden Road between Clay and Vernon in northern Jackson Parish. A number of media reports listed him as a Ruston pastor.
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