Courtesy of Union Parish Sheriff’s Office
Deundray Alexander Brown
A West Monroe man was arrested in Union Parish on multiple felony drug charges following a traffic stop on Saturday, February 14, 2026.
During the stop, a partnering law enforcement agency requested assistance from the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit. A UPSO deputy responded and conducted an open-air sniff around the exterior of the vehicle, when the K-9 gave a positive alert to the presence of narcotics. During a search of the vehicle, law enforcement officers located approximately 1.5 pounds of suspected marijuana along with other suspected narcotics, prescription pills, and drug paraphernalia consistent with distribution.
This arrest highlights the continued partnership between law enforcement agencies in Union Parish and the effectiveness of K-9 units in detecting illegal narcotics. The Union Parish Sheriff’s Office remains committed to working with our law enforcement partners to keep illegal narcotics off the streets of Union Parish.
The driver was identified as Deundray Alexander Brown, 27, of West Monroe. He was booked into the Union Parish Detention Center and charged with:
Improper Lane Usage
Intentional Littering
Possession with Intent to Distribute Schedule I Narcotics (Marijuana)
Possession with Intent to Distribute Schedule I Narcotics (Ecstasy)
Possession with Intent to Distribute Legend Drug (Amoxicillin)
Possession with Intent to Distribute Schedule II Narcotics (Oxycodone)
Possession of Schedule IV Narcotics (Xanax)
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Brown’s bond was set by a Third Judicial District judge at $140,000.
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Douglas Edward Taylor
A Union Parish Sheriff’s Office narcotics investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Downsville man and the recovery of suspected narcotics.
After several months of investigation by agents from the UPSO Narcotics Division, deputies located and arrested Douglas Edward Taylor, 53, of Downsville, on February 12, 2026. Taylor had been listed as a Union Parish Sheriff’s Office Most Wanted Fugitive on the agency’s social media page due to outstanding warrants stemming from a narcotics investigation. When deputies contacted Taylor at his residence, he discarded a baggie near a deputy’s vehicle, in an attempt to conceal it. The bag was recovered by deputies and found to contain approximately 10 grams of suspected methamphetamines.
Taylor was booked into the Union Parish Detention Center on the following charges:
Possession of Schedule II Narcotics – 2 cts.
Illegal Carrying of Weapons in the Presence of Controlled Dangerous Substances
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Failure to Appear on Aggravated Assault with a Firearm, Domestic Abuse Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Criminal Damage to Property, and Illegal Use of Weapons or Dangerous Instrumentalities.
Taylor’s bond was set by a Third Judicial District judge at $333,500.
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