Pubdate: Fri, 05 Apr 2002
Source: Advocate, The (LA)
Copyright: 2002 The Advocate, Capital City Press
Contact:  http://www.theadvocate.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2
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OFFICER, KIN FACE CHARGES IN DRUG CASE

A 12-year veteran of the New Roads Police Department and his cousin 
were charged Wednesday with drug offenses.

Sgt. Louis Martin of New Roads faces a single charge of distribution 
of cocaine. Henry Martin of New Roads is charged with possession of 
cocaine and marijuana.

The two men waived formal indictment by a grand jury and were charged 
in bills of information in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge.

Louis Martin, who was also a bus driver for the Pointe Coupee Parish 
School Board, is being held in the West Baton Rouge Parish Jail and 
has been suspended from the police department. Henry Martin is free 
on bail.

The bills of information accuse Louis Martin of selling cocaine to an 
undercover U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent on March 13.

Henry Martin, arrested at the same time as Louis Martin, is accused 
of having cocaine and marijuana with him during the meeting with the 
DEA agent. Louis Martin is accused in a criminal complaint of selling 
9 grams of cocaine and about 27 grams of marijuana to an undercover 
agent and an informant between January and March.
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