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Slidell Police first encountered Trent A. Celestine, age 39 of Pearl River on Saturday, December 18th after the front desk clerk at LaQuinta called and advised that he had hit a member of the room cleaning crew with a television remote. While enroute to that location another 911 call came in from the AT&T Phone Store in the shopping center next to the LaQuinta. The store employee called after a man fitting Celestine’s description opened the front door and request that she call 911 because someone was trying to kill him. The store clerk also advised that Celestine was armed with a handgun and advised her that he had not yet used it.

Off duty Assistant Chief Kevin Foltz was on Gause Blvd and heard the broadcast of officers trying to locate Celestine. Assistant Chief Foltz was in the area and located Celestine crossing Gause Blvd heading towards Outback Steak House. With the assistance of Lt. Ray Dupuy, Celestine was taken into custody and a .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol was recovered from Celestine’s coat pocket.

Celestine appeared to be under the influence of some type of narcotic and he was very paranoid and delirious. After talking with Celestine he admitted to taking “Cloud 9”, an over the counter drug not yet banned. At this time Celestine was booked with Simple Battery, Disturbing the peace and Illegal Carrying of a Weapon.
On December 19th at 10:20 am Corrections Officers were attempting to get Celestine to sign the necessary paper work for his release when Celestine became violent, breaking a computer monitor. After refusing to cooperate and making threating advances toward both Corrections Officers and Patrol Officers Celestine was tased and taken back into custody and booked with Criminal Damage to Property.

On December 20th, at 8:15 am Corrections Officers were attempting to have Celestine sign his release paperwork. After refusing to sign the release papers Celestine ran out the station and was chased by Sgt. Kevin Simon and apprehended on Sixth Street by Lt. Timothy Flynn. Celestine was then transported back to the police station and booked with Simple Escape due to not being officially released from jail and Resisting an Officer. Celestine is currently being held in the Slidell City Jail.

Arrested Subject: Trent A. Celestine, age 39 of 38346 Quin Road, Pearl River, LA
Was arrested and charged with Simple Battery, Criminal Damage to Property, Illegal Carrying of a Weapon, Disturbing the Peace, Simple Escape and two counts of Resisting an Officer