Principal to 1st-degree murder suspect arrested in Reserve

Published 1:18 pm Wednesday, November 4, 2015

RESERVE — A man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting was arrested Tuesday in Reserve, authorities said.

Dontae Roy

Dontae Roy

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre said deputies arrested Dontae Roy, 34, of Baton Rouge on a fugitive warrant for principal to first-degree murder.

Tregre said local authorities were alerted to the suspect’s whereabouts through an anonymous tip.

Special Operations and Narcotics detectives initiated the search and located Roy at a residence in the 200 block of Chad B. Baker Street in Reserve.

“Deputies arrested Dontae Roy without incident and booked him on the fugitive warrant from Lafayette,” Tregre said.