A Louisiana mayor was detained on Tuesday for his supposed link to a drug-trafficking examination carried out by authorities in his home state.
Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Truong, 25, was detained and billed with taking part in purchases including profits from medicine offenses, solicitation of woman of the streets and unapproved use a movable, which describes purposefully taking or making use of one’s personal effects without their authorization.
“We have zero tolerance for wrongdoing, especially from public officials,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill stated. “Iâm very proud of all our law enforcement agencies who worked on this investigation.”
Louisiana State Police stated its Narcotics and Violent Crime Task Force released an examination right into a drug-trafficking company (DTO) operating in the Bogalusa location in April 2024.
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Mayor Tyrin Truong of Bogalusa, La., was detained for purportedly taking part in medicine purchases and getting woman of the streets. (Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office)
The procedure was carried out over a number of months in partnership with the 22nd Judicial District Court District Attorney’s Office, Murrill’s workplace and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
The examination located the DTO was purportedly associated with the circulation of opioids, top-quality cannabis, THC items and MDMA, to name a few regulated unsafe compounds.
Investigators additionally found out that participants of the company utilized social media sites systems to disperse medications and handle settlements, which enabled them to broaden their reach and criminal task, authorities stated.
The benefit from medicine sales were purportedly utilized to acquire weapons, a few of which were dispersed to people banned by regulation from having a weapon, and others were connected to fierce criminal activities in the Bogalusa location.
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The mayor of Bogalusa, La., was detained Tuesday after an examination right into a drug-trafficking company. ( iStock)
Law enforcement authorities gotten and carried out numerous search and apprehension warrants, causing the apprehensions of 7 declared participants of the company.
Police additionally detained 24-year-old MacKenzie Lynn Cefalu; 24-year-old De-Saleem Wali Pittman; 22-year-old Dirul S. Pittman; 26-year-old Salehal-Dien Malike Pittman; 51-year-old Tonya Renee Stage; and 28-year-old Devan Michael Williams, all from Bogalusa.
Like Truong, the various other 6 suspects were detained for taking part in purchases including profits from medicine offenses.
Additionally, Cefalu, Stage, Williams and D-Saleem Wali Pittman were billed with conspiring to disperse a routine I managed unsafe compound, with the last additionally being billed with circulation of a routine II regulated unsafe compound.
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All 7 suspects were scheduled right into the Washington Parish Jail.
State authorities stated many various other issues and people remain to be under examination about the examination.
“We are going to continue to invest time and resources into helping the citizens of Bogalusa,” District Attorney Collin Sims stated. “We are not finished.”
Truong’s bond was evaluated $150,000 on Tuesday mid-day, 8 in New Orleans reported.
Truong’s workplace did not promptly reply to Fox News Digital’s ask for talk about the issue.
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At age 23, Truong ended up being the mayor of Bogalusa in 2022, ousting the city’s incumbent, Wendy O’Quin Perrette, that was chosen to her initial term in 2014.
By winning the political election, Truong ended up being the city’s youngest mayor in background in addition to among Louisiana’s youngest mayors ever before, NOLA.com reported.
