Felon arrested with crack cocaine and a gun; three others arrested for discharging firearms in two incidents; No one was shot

Derrin Clark	Don Ebanks
Leon Brock	Samuel Owens Jr.

A felon was arrested with crack cocaine and a gun and in two separate incidents a total of three men were booked with illegally discharging firearms but no one was shot, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Leon Brock, 43, 5417 Second St., Chalmette, was arrested early Feb. 21 after a traffic stop in Arabi. Brock, who had a previous conviction for first-degree robbery, was found to have a handgun in his vehicle as well as a bag with just over a gram of crack cocaine and two prescription pills.

Brock was booked with being a felon in illegal possession of a firearm, with possession of cocaine, possession of the pills and having a firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance.

Brock is being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison in lieu of bond set at $55,250.

Also arrested early Feb. 21 were two men after reports were received of shots being fired near a canal in Violet.

Sheriff’s deputies found Derrin Clark, 25, of Slidell holding a handgun and arrested Don Ebanks, 25, 3416 Shannon Drive, Violet, after a foot chase. Several spent rounds were found in the area.

Ebanks and Clark were both booked with illegal discharge of a weapon and Ebanks was also booked with resisting an officer.

Ebanks is being held in Parish Prison in lieu of $6,000 bond and Clark has been released on bond.

In a separate shooting incident the night of Feb. 17, Samuel J. Owens Jr., 26, 3004 Judy Drive, Meraux, was arrested at that address after a fight with relatives in which Owens discharged a shotgun in the home.

Owens was booked with aggravated assault with a firearm, illegal discharge of a firearm, simple battery, domestic battery and disturbing the peace.

Owens is being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison in lieu opf bond set at $70,750.

No one was shot in the two cases of weapons discharged but a relative at the Owens residence was treated for abrasions.