Man arrested on drug, firearms counts

BAKER — Tips from confidential informants led police to a cache of drugs, cash and weapons at a Baker apartment, Police Chief Mike Knaps said Wednesday.

While conducting surveillance of the apartment Tuesday afternoon, officers arrested Travis Barton, 27, 2651 Manchester Drive, Apt. 3, when he left the residence with loud music playing in his vehicle, Knaps said.

Knaps said the music could be heard more than 150 feet away from the vehicle although its windows were rolled up, a violation of the city’s noise ordinance.

After obtaining a search warrant for the apartment, police found about 12 ounces of marijuana, hydrocodone pills, $14,186 in cash, a Glock semiautomatic pistol, an AR-15 rifle and a .22-caliber rifle, Knaps said.

Barton was booked at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison with two counts of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, three counts of possession of hydrocodone, three counts of illegal possession of firearms with drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia, Knaps said.

Comments

1) Comment by unitedstates1 - 08/03/2013

Mark is only good for about one or two of his usual posts, and that's about it.

2) Comment by Hello Baton Rouge - 07/03/2013

I would expect nothing less of you than to skate around the obvious question of why do you wish to protect a guy that doesn't pay taxes when you do. I suppose by paying taxes that makes you one of us sheep. Its not so baaaad is it.

3) Comment by markedwardmarchiafava - 06/03/2013

Land of the free? LOL, not as long as the average Amerikan is such a statist tool.

4) Comment by Hello Baton Rouge - 06/03/2013

If you would stop hating on certain government groups long enough to think for a mere second you'd realize that the excessive amount of cash for a guy that LIVES IN AN APARTMENT clearly indicates that he's got a distribution business going. People like you would rather hate on the cops for taking him off the street than hate on the guy in custody that has been skating around paying income taxes and more than likely receiving benefits when 'sheep' such as yourself and myself continue to pay income taxes.

5) Comment by markedwardmarchiafava - 06/03/2013

I just love how the media has always got to mention an amount of cash, as if it were a crime to possess cash. Notice he wasn't CHARGED for possessing cash, as it's not a crime. Yet.