The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office recovered a 9 mm semiautomatic gun reported stolen in Texas following a traffic stop Wednesday night (Nov. 13, 2024) on Cambridge Drive in LaPlace, LA. Jared Martin, 31, was arrested after deputies found the gun and marijuana doing a search of the car.
Martin was traveling south on Cambridge Drive when a deputy observed his failure to come to a complete stop at the stop sign at the intersection of Cambridge Drive and Revere Drive. When the deputy approached the driver side front door, he noted the odor of marijuana emitting from the car.
Martin was booked with possession of marijuana over 28 grams (felony); illegal possession of a firearm with a controlled dangerous substance (felony); illegal possession of a stolen firearm (felony). He was issued a traffic citation failure to stop at stop sign, driving on median and driving with a suspended license. He is being held in the parish jail under a $21, 650 bond.