Passenger arrested during traffic stop – Lincoln Parish Journal

Grambling police arrested a local man Wednesday after he allegedly resisted arrest after being wanted on several warrants.

Ladarious L. Melton, 31, of Grambling, was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by GPD around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday evening. Police received a call to a residence on Bowman Place regarding a vehicle being taken away. The Buick Encore was observed driving recklessly on RWE Jones Drive.

When GPD attempted to stop it, the vehicle refused to stop and continued for some distance. before stopping. The driver got out of the vehicle, but Melton, the passenger, cursed at the officers and initially refused to get out of the car.

When Melton got out of the vehicle, he threatened to beat up the officers. Two GPD officers and two Lincoln Parish deputies attempted to place Melton in the back of a patrol car. He refused to get into the vehicle and tried to push the police using his body. He was eventually physically guided to the patrol car.

Melton was wanted on three arrest warrants from the Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Office for failure to appear in Third District Court on DWI and traffic charges. He was booked into the Lincoln Parish Detention Center on four counts of resisting an officer and three warrants for his arrest. Later, a misdemeanor probation violation charge was also added.

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