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Multiple Charges For A St.Mary Parish Man
A St. Mary Parish Sheriff's deputy was called out to a business on Highway 90 in Bayou Vista after 30-year-old Dedrick Gant Jr. was accused of domestic abuse and other charges.
The deputy says Gant identified himself using a false name.
After investigating further, the deputy found out that Gant was alleged to have grabbed a woman around her neck while she was holding her child.
Gant was arrested on the following charges:
- Resisting an officer (by given false information)
- Domestic abuse battery for strangling the woman
- Domestic abuse battery in the presence of a juvenile
- Warrant from the Patterson Police Department for domestic abuse battery
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