DATE:            TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019
TO:                  ALL MEDIA OUTLETS
FROM:            SHERIFF LELAND FALCON
SUBJECT:      DISTURBANCE / DRUG LAW VIOLATIONS

                        SAMUEL ROBERT STERNFELS

KLOTZVILLE – Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon reports the arrest of Samuel Robert Sternfels, 25, of 157 Baptiste Circle, Houma, LA, in connection with a disturbance near Klotzville late Sunday.

Deputies responded to a disturbance call at a residence near Klotzville and made contact with the complainants who advised that Samuel Robert Sternfels had been there creating a disturbance.  Deputies made contact with Sternfels and advised him not to return.  A short time later, deputies were re-summoned to the same location in reference to Sternfels being back at the residence.

Deputies made contact with Sternfels who was walking along LA 1 and took him into custody.  A search of Sternfels’ person as well as a black bag he had in his possession yielded quantities of suboxone without a prescription.

Sternfels was arrested and transported to the Assumption Parish Detention Center on charges of:

            *Entering / Remaining after Being Forbidden

            *Possession of suboxone with Intent to Distribute

A bond on Sternfels has not been set at this time.

For additional information concerning this News Release, contact Sheriff Leland Falcon or Public Information Officer, Lonny Cavalier at 985-369-7281.