Guns, marijuana, and cash were recovered in a Grambling State University dorm room after authorities executed a search warrant last week.
Clifton Francis, Jr., 20, of Ruston, was arrested by GSU Police March 12 and his Wheatley Hall room searched during the apparent investigation of an armed robbery.
The search warrant was executed at about 3:40 a.m. Two firearms, 177 grams of suspected marijuana, a digital scale, vacuum sealed bags, and over $1,000 in cash were seized from the room.
Francis was arrested at the time of the search. He denied the contraband seized on his side of the dorm room belonged to him.
An AR-style rifle discovered in the room was determined to have been stolen in Ruston.
Francis was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm while in possession of controlled substances, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, violation of the controlled substances law pertaining to drug free zones, possession of drug paraphernalia, and accessory after the fact to armed robbery.
The accessory charge apparently pertains to GSU’s warrant arrest of D’shedrick A. Green, 18, at his Ruston residence later in the day.
Green was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for armed robbery.
However, GSU Police did not return messages yet seeking further information on the robbery and to verify that the two arrests were connected.
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