On Wednesday (January 28, 2026), detectives with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriffs Office Narcotics Unit conducted an investigation into illegal drug activity by 51-year-old Wilfred James Deas, a suspected drug dealer residing in the 59000 block of North Preachers Oak Lane in Slidell. Contact was made with Deas, who has a lengthy criminal history dating back to 1993 that includes convictions related to violent felonies, narcotics, and weapons offenses.
A search warrant was obtained for Deas’s residence, which led to the discovery and seizure of the following items: 53 grams of marijuana, 35 grams of crack cocaine, 1 gram of powder cocaine, 11 unlawfully possessed Suboxone strips, 53 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl designed to resemble 30mg Oxycodone, a stolen Smith & Wesson semi-automatic handgun, a digital scale used to weigh illegal narcotics, and an assortment of baggies used for street-level drug distribution.
Deas was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center on the appropriate charges.
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