Press Release: September 24, 2025
ARRESTED:
Christopher Terrel Mallet, 38 years old
508 North Thompson
Ville Platte, LA 70586
CHARGE:
PWITD Schedule II (Tapentadol)
Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz reports, “Today, with the assistance of the SLPSO Criminal
Investigations Division and the SLPSO SWAT Operators, the Narcotics Detectives conducted a
narcotics investigation at the location of 414 Church Street in Opelousas, Louisiana. Narcotics
Detectives were able to develop enough information to obtain a search warrant at the target
home, searching specifically for the narcotic Tapentadol. Tapentadol is a Schedule II narcotic
which mirrors the effects of Oxycodone. This is a drug relatively new to this area, but our
Narcotics Detectives have made themselves familiar with it and are wasting no time to track,
seize and arrest anyone attempting to distribute in our parish.” Sheriff Guidroz continues,
“While executing the search warrant, detectives located 750 tablets of Tapentadol. It was also
learned that the Tapentadol was ordered by Christopher Mallet, who eventually met our
detectives at the Sheriff’s Office Complex. At the conclusion of the investigation, Christopher
Mallet was charged with the possession with intent to distribute the Tapentadol.”
Anyone with additional information about this crime is encouraged to call the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office
at 337-948-6516.
You may also call Crime Stoppers at 337-948-TIPS, download the P3 app on your mobile device or simply dial
**TIPS on your mobile phone to tip. All calls are anonymous and you can earn a cash reward for information
leading to an arrest.
This is Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz. All persons are presumed innocent
until proven guilty in a court of law.
