Baton Rouge police arrested Elvin Presley on 3 November 2026 after a fugitive task force located him in a business on Cottondale Drive, then executed search warrants at two businesses on the street. Officers seized 14 pounds of marijuana plus cocaine, guns, scales and body armor, and Presley was booked on drug, weapons and domestic-abuse charges.
🇺🇸 Cottondale Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Louisiana, United States
On 3 November 2026, the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force located Elvin
Presley in a business on Cottondale Drive in Baton Rouge.[1][2]Presley was
wanted on an active Baton Rouge Police Department Major Assaults Division
warrant for alleged abuse, aggravated assault, domestic abuse battery,
strangulation and serious bodily injury.[1]Detectives arrested Presley at the
business after locating him there.[1]He was then booked on charges of
possession with intent to distributeSchedule I and Schedule II drugs,
possession of drug paraphernalia, illegal carrying of weapons, domestic abuse
aggravated assault and domestic abuse battery.[1]Presley has a criminal
history that includes many battery and assault charges.[1]
After the arrest, detectives executed search warrants for two businesses along
the street.[1][2][3]During those searches, officers found 14 pounds (about 6.35 kg)
of marijuana and prepackaged marijuana.[1][2]Officers also found cocaine,
multiple guns, digital scales and body armor in the same searches.[1][2]The
searches were carried out by the Baton Rouge Police Department in Baton Rouge.[1]
Elvin Presley is 40 years old.[2][3]Presley was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.[2]Presley had been given no bond as of Wednesday, Nov. 4.[2][3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Cannabis
6.35 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession
Setting
Street or public place
Case stage
Charged
Sources
WBRZwbrz.comBaton Rouge Police raid 2 businesses, arrest man on drug and assault charges
Yahoo Newsyahoo.comMan arrested, 14 pounds of marijuana, cocaine, guns seized in Baton Rouge
The article published on 4 November 2026 says Presley was located On Tuesday, taken to be 3 November 2026, and gives no separate calendar date for the search warrants.
It is unclear whether the prepackaged marijuana is part of the reported 14 pounds or an additional amount, so only 14 pounds is recorded as the cannabis weight.
The cocaine was reported without a type breakdown or weight and is excluded from the cannabis figure, and no combined drug total is counted as cannabis.
The report does not say which of the Schedule I and Schedule II possession-with-intent charges relates to marijuana and which relates to cocaine.
The numbers of guns, scales and body-armor items were not specified beyond multiple guns, so no weapons count is recorded.
No court outcome beyond booking was reported, and the charges and custody status after booking are not known.
Only one accessible account of this event was found after searching for the names, place and charges, so corroboration is limited.
The original Louisiana First article (louisianafirstnews.com) returned a 403 error, so its MSN syndication copy was the opened version of this account; its text and figures match the WBRZ report.
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