A Ruston man was arrested for drug possession after the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office investigated a suspicious vehicle at a trash dumpster site.
Michael Ray Patrick, Jr., 37, was found parked at a dumpster site on Pleasant Grove Road shortly after midnight on November 13. During the course of the investigation, Patrick begged a deputy to let him go. When he was directed out of his vehicle, he refused multiple times until a Taser was displayed to gain compliance.
A drug detection K-9 alerted to the presence of narcotics inside the vehicle. A search located suspected methamphetamine and a glass smoking pipe.
Patrick was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer, failure to register vehicle, and failure to register as a sex offender. His bail was set at $66,000.
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