The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, in coordination with the Louisiana State Police, arrested a man Tuesday on Bourbon Street for alleged illegal firearm and drug possession.
Agents arrested 23-year-old Talaska Demouchet, of Breaux Bridge, and booked him into the Orleans Parish Jail on multiple charges: possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a machine gun, possession of marijuana, negligent carrying of a firearm, violating the concealed carry law, and illegal carrying of weapons while in possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
Around 1:50 a.m. Tuesday, agents on patrol in the 500 block of Bourbon Street observed Demouchet smoking marijuana. When they made contact, agents said they found 22.6 grams of suspected marijuana, a 9 mm pistol and 33 9 mm bullets in his possession…