Grambling State University police arrested two non-students with guns and drugs last Monday night.
Kenshawn Twan Carter, 20, of Homer, and Treveontae D. Walker, 18, of Bossier City, were stopped about 11:30 p.m. on February 3 as they walked through GSU’s Freshman Village housing area.
An officer’s report said Carter had a hybrid AR-15 pistol rifle in his waistband, and Walker was armed with a semi-auto pistol.
Carter is a convicted felon on probation for a previous weapon offense. He pled guilty in Third District Court in January to a charge of possession of a machine gun and was sentenced to two years’ probation and a $1,000 fine.
GSU Police received a tip through its G-Safe app about a man with a gun in front of the university dining hall. Officers spotted Carter and Walker acting suspiciously as they walked through the area. When officers approached the two, the odor of marijuana was detected.
During a frisk for weapons, Walker was found with a Springfield XD-9 pistol inside his jacket. Carter was carrying a Omni Hybrid AR-15 pistol rifle in his waistband. Carter also produced “a stack of cash.”
In a backpack Carter was wearing, officers found separate plastic bags containing a total of approximately 81 grams of marijuana and another bag containing a single tablet of MDMA, also known as ecstasy
Under questioning, Carter said the 81 grams of marijuana was for “personal use.”
Carter was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of MDMA (ecstasy), possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled substance, possession of a firearm in a school zone, and violation of the drug-free zone law.
Carter is also being held for probation officers of the Louisiana Department of Corrections.
Walker was booked for possession of a firearm in a school zone.
Carter’s bail was set at $ 75,000 and Walker’s at $10,000.
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