Baker man arrested after drugs, gun found during traffic stop in Baton Rouge

Michael Scheidt
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A traffic stop in Baton Rouge ended with a man in jail facing multiple charges.

Byron Brock, 19, of Baker, was charged with general speed law, safety belt use, possession of drug paraphernalia, illegal carrying of firearm with controlled dangerous substance, and manufacture, distribution, or possession with intent to distribute Schedule I.

A member of the Baton Rouge Police Department clocked a vehicle going 20 miles an hour over the speed limit around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 23. BRPD said a 2017 Nissan Elantra was observed going 60 mph in a 40 mph zone in the 3800 block of Perkins Road.

Brock was identified as the driver and BRPD said he was not wearing a seat belt when the officer made contact with him.

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The officer saw a gun and “a plastic bag with a green leafy substance that I knew to be marijuana,” BRPD said.

Brock was notified that he was under arrest and he told the officer that “he had just purchased the firearm from a pawn shop and there was more marijuana within a bookbag in the vehicle,” according to the affidavit.

A search of the Elantra uncovered a loaded rifle, a bag with around two grams of marijuana in it, and a 40-round magazine, BRPD said. They also “found several plastic bags, a plastic container with marijuana and a digital scale” in the bookbag, according to BRPD.

More marijuana and another digital scale were found in a second bookbag which was in the trunk.

Brock said he did not want to do a DNA swab.

The Baker man was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Sunday, June 23. He was released from prison on Monday, June 24.

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