The Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a local man wanted on warrants and found narcotics in his bed with the sleeping suspect Wednesday.
Matthew Zachary Upchurch, 41, was arrested February 11 at a Goose Creek Lane residence on several warrants and narcotics found in his possession at the time of the arrest.
Deputies went to the residence seeking Upchurch to serve arrest warrants on four charges. They were directed to a bedroom by a family member where they found Upchurch sleeping.
Upchurch was placed under arrest and advised of the warrants. Deputies found a homemade smoking pipe commonly used to consume methamphetamine in the bed. The pipe contained suspected methamphetamine residue. Also found in the bed was a prescription bottle in another person’s name for clonazepam. The bottle contained 10 suspected clonazepam tablets and one more Lortab (hydrocodone) tablet.
Upchurch was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center on warrants charging him with two counts of simple burglary and two counts of misdemeanor theft. He was also booked for possession of Lortab, a Schedule II controlled substance; possession of clonazepam, a Schedule IV controlled substance; and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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