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NOPD Arrests Suspect for Illegal Possession of Stolen Gun and Drugs

by Paris Holmes

November 26, 2019

Categories: On Duty, On the Beat

Topics: Burglary/Theft, Good Police Work, seventh district

NOPD Arrests Suspect for Illegal Possession of Stolen Gun and Drugs

NEW ORLEANS – The NOPD arrested Dominick Blackman (pictured, DOB: 03/05/1984) in the Seventh District after he was found to be in illegal possession of a stolen gun and drugs during a traffic stop.

On November 11, 2019, NOPD officers were on patrol in the 7600 block of Chef Menteur Highway when they smelled marijuana coming from Blackman’s moving vehicle.  After initiating a traffic stop and confirming the source of the odor, Blackman and his passenger were placed under arrest.  Upon searching his car, officers found Blackman to be in possession a stolen semi-automatic handgun, marijuana, and ecstasy pills. 

Blackman was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center without incident.