Seven arrested in West Baton Rouge drug bust, four on marijuana counts
West Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies arrested seven people on drug charges, four of them on marijuana counts, and said three more suspects were still wanted. The marijuana counts range from distribution and possession with intent to distribute to a second-offence possession charge.
🇺🇸 West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana · Louisiana, United States
Seven people were arrested on drug charges in West Baton Rouge Parish and three
more were still wanted, deputies said on Friday.[1]Kiddiocus Sims, 37, of
Port Allen, was arrested on two counts of distributing marijuana, listed in the
charges as Schedule I.[1]Cardell Lomas, 31, of Sunshine, was arrested on two
counts of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.[1]Trent Anderson,
31, of Baton Rouge, was arrested as a principal to distributing marijuana.[1]Steven Gordon, 37, of Plaquemine, was arrested on a second-offence marijuana
possession charge.[1]
Donald Pierson, 52, of Port Allen, was still wanted on a marijuana distribution
charge.[1]Keri Norder, 41, of Baton Rouge, was wanted on heroin and
amphetamine charges.[1]Dquan Lee, 25, of Baton Rouge, was wanted as a
principal to fentanyl distribution.[1]
Other charges in the roundup involved methamphetamine, fentanyl and amphetamine.[1]The charges also included possessing a firearm in the presence of a
controlled dangerous substance.[1]One charge accused a suspect of illegal
possession of a controlled dangerous substance in the presence of a juvenile.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
7
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
WBRZwbrz.comWBRSO deputies arrest 7 in drug bust; 3 more still wanted
Open questions the AI reported
The article gives no separate date for the arrests; 30 October 2026 is the day the sheriff's office announced them.
No weight, plant count, area or value was published for the marijuana, and no total for the drugs seized was given.
No filed charges, court dates or outcomes were reported for the seven arrested or the three wanted people.
Only the WBRZ account could be opened; a Yahoo version of the same story could not be accessed.
No photograph of the arrests, the suspects or the drugs was published; the page's lead image shows only blurred red and blue lights, not the event.
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