A St. Tammany Sheriff’s deputy, patrolling in the 61000 block of Highway 434 in Lacombe, noticed a suspicious vehicle near a storage complex.
Upon further investigation, deputies arrested a man for numerous charges and seized 41 guns from the subject’s storage unit.
Late Thursday night, an alert deputy patrolling in the Lacombe area noticed a suspicious vehicle near a storage complex. The deputy got out with the vehicle and discovered a female inside the car sleeping. The female advised the deputies her boyfriend was in his storage unit inside the complex.
Deputies then located the male, 37 YO Michael Malone of Covington, in an opened storage unit and observed all of the weapons.
Upon investigating further, deputies learned Malone was a convicted felon and had an outstanding warrant for his arrest due to a probation violation.
A search warrant was obtained for Malone’s unit and during the search deputies learned there were 41 weapons of various makes and models, small amounts of suspected methamphetamines and marijuana, and drug paraphernalia.
Malone faces numerous charges and was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center.
