Arabi woman possibly tied to a shoot-out between drivers on a New Orleans street booked on several drug charges including possession with intent to distribute meth and Ecstasy
Joenica Johnson, booked with possession with intent to distribute15 grams of methamphetamines and other drugs
Joenica Johnson, 20, 1205 Mehle Apt. E, was also booked with possession of the prescription painkiller pills Tramadol and hydrococonde pilss, the sheriff said. All of the drugs involved were found in a purse which she acknowledged was hers.
Johnson is being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison and no bond has been set.
Her arrest came Tuesday morning about 10:45 a.m. after St. Bernard deputies located a black Acura auto with several bullet holes to the passenger side, that was parked under a tarp in a parkling lot of the same apartment building where Johnson lives.
Two men seen near Johnson’s apartment building, one holding the purse, identified Johnson as asking them to keep the purse while she went to get something from her apartment. When she returned she admitted it was her purse and she was arrested on the drug counts.
The Acura was later towed away by New Orleans police as part of their investigation of an incident that happened aboput 6 p.m. on Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans in which two drivers heading east-bound fired guns at each other, striking both cars, but not injuring anyone.
Two men in one of the cars were later stopped on Patricia Street in Arabi and they were taken to New Orleans to be booked in connection with the shoot-out. The car they were in had several bullet holes.
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