On August 7th, 2024, Narcotic Agents with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office while working Criminal Patrol within the city limits of Mamou, observed two white male individuals walking in the middle of the roadway headed Westbound on Chestnut Street. One of the males who was identified as Jade McDaniel 34 of Mamou, who also maintained felony warrants from Probation and Parole resisted the agent by fleeing the scene when he was advised to stop walking.  During the foot pursuit and running through numerous backyards, agents deployed the taser and McDaniel continued to run for a short distance.  McDaniel then turned with a fighting stance and lunged toward the agent.  After a brief struggle, McDaniel was placed under arrest.  McDaniel was arrested and charged with the following:

 La RS 14:14:100.1 (Impeding public passages)

• La RS 14:108.1 (Flight from an officer)
• La RS 14:108.2  (Resisting a police officer with force or violence)
• La RS 14:108 (Resisting an Officer)