Narcotic Agents Arrest Two! Deville and Manuel

On December 8, 2025, Narcotic Agents with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office, assigned to the Criminal Patrol/Narcotics division, while conducting a criminal patrol within the city limits of Mamou, LA, observed a vehicle make a right turn at the intersection of 9th Street and Main Street without using a turn signal before turning.  Agents activated the emergency lights to conduct a traffic stop, in which the vehicle stopped along the roadway of Main Street and 8th Street.

Contact was made with the driver, a 58-year-old white male identified as Randy Manuel.  Manuel was advised of the reasoning for the stop and was instructed to provide his license, vehicle registration, and vehicle insurance. Before a pat search for weapons and officer safety, Manuel surrendered a sandwich bag containing 1.98 grams of Marijuana.   Agents then searched for Manuel's person and located a cellophane bag containing Methamphetamines.  The passenger in the vehicle was a 19-year-old white male identified as Brannon Deville.   Upon the completion of a field interview/investigation, the results are as follows:

Brannon Deville was arrested for several active warrants for failing to appear in Court.

Randy Manuel was arrested and charged with La. R.S. Code 40:967C Possession of Schedule II CDS Methamphetamines.  Manuel also received a traffic summons for traffic-related violations.

 

BRANNON DEVILLE

03/26/2006

MAMOU,LA 

RANDY MANUEL

10/16/1967

MAMOU, LA

 

As always, Sheriff Charles R. Guillory and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office are seeking information on criminal activity and urge the public to contact their Investigation Department via phone at 337-363-2161 or through the agency's website at www.evangelineparishsheriff.org.  Any person/s reporting information will remain anonymous. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty.