Ruston man, 23, arrested after speeding stop finds 37.1 g of marijuana
Ruston police arrested 23-year-old Dmitry Payne during a speeding stop on Nov. 4 and found six packaged baggies of suspected marijuana weighing 37.1 grams in a jar in his car. He was booked on possession with intent to distribute a Schedule I drug.
🇺🇸 West Barnett Springs Avenue and South Maple Street, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana · Louisiana, United States
Ruston police arrested 23-year-old Dmitry Payne of Ruston at 1:15 p.m. on 4
November 2026 at West Barnett Springs Avenue and South Maple Street.[1]A
lieutenant stopped Payne’s gray Toyota Camry after his in-car radar measured it
at 47 mph in a 25 mph zone.[1]Payne got out keeping the door closed behind
him, and the lieutenant smelled marijuana on him and saw him shaking and
stumbling over his words.[1]
When Payne opened the door for his insurance information, the lieutenant smelled
raw marijuana strongly from inside the car and waited for a second unit.[1]Asked how much marijuana was in the vehicle, Payne said about 13 or 14 grams.[1]A search found a glass mason jar behind the front passenger seat holding
six individually packaged baggies of suspected marijuana weighing 37.1 grams in
total.[1]
Officers took Payne to the Lincoln Parish Narcotics Enforcement Team office and
then to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center, where he was booked on possession
with intent to distribute a Schedule I drug.[1]The account comes from an
arrest affidavit that the Lincoln Parish Journal published as law-enforcement
public information.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
37.1 g
Agency
Ruston Police Department
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (37.1 g)
Activity
Possession
Setting
Vehicle
Charge
possession with intent to distribute a Schedule I drug
Only the Lincoln Parish Journal account of the arrest affidavit could be opened; no police department statement or second outlet report was found.
Payne told the officer he had 13 or 14 grams, while the search found baggies weighing 37.1 grams in total; the report uses the 37.1 grams weighed by police.
The marijuana is described as suspected and no laboratory confirmation was reported.
No bond, court date, plea or outcome was reported, and the charge has not been proven in court.
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