VIDALIA — Fifteen Concordia Parish residents are behind bars Thursday on charges ranging from manufacture and distribution of a scheduled III substance to bench warrant arrest for failure to appear, after a joint operation by local and federal agencies.

The Concordia Narcotics Task Force, U.S. Marshals and Louisiana Probation and Parole officers served 15 warrants Thursday that had been back logged in the Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office system for some time.

“We had a good bit of warrants backed up in our system, so we wanted to make sure we cleared those out,” Chief Deputy David Hedrick said. “We’re going to start doing that more often, so we don’t have so many pile up.”

Hedrick said the majority of the warrants were related to narcotics offenses, so letting those linger in the system any longer was not an option.

“When all these agencies join together, it’s a lot easier for us to track people down and arrest them,” Hedrick said.

Residents arrested during the taskforce roundup were:

•Jeffrey W. Hartley, 41, 181 BJ Road, on a charge of failure to appear for trial for disturbing the peace. Bond set at $225.

•Lavelle Collins, 49, 218 Georgia Ave., on a charge of possession of scheduled II drugs. No bond set.

•Scott Christopher, 38, 9209 W. U.S. 84, on a charge of probation and parole hold.

•Harley Ray Bass, 23, 550 Traxler Road, on charges of possession of scheduled II and possession of marijuana. No bond set.

•Jerimy L. Wilson, 20, 309 Smart Lane, on a charge of possession of marijuana (felony) second offense. No bond set.

•Christopher Roosevelt Jones, 29, 200 Kyle Road Apt. K-48, on charges of possession of a firearm by convicted felon, possession of marijuana (felony) and carrying of weapons while in possession of CDS. No bond set.

•James Edward Johnson, 36, 104 Daisy Road, on charges of bench warrant for failure to appear, possession of marijuana (felony) and probation hold. No bond set.

•Kelvin Orlando Wilford, 37, 341 Calhoun Road, on a charge of a bench warrant for failure to appear.

•Ashley R. King, 28, 111 Bingham St., Clayton, on a charge of possession of marijuana — second offense. No bond set.

•Lois Atkins, 58, 131 Southside Drive, on a charge of manufacture and distribution of scheduled III. No bond set.

•Yvonne Green, 45, 820 Maryland Ave., on a charge of bench warrant for failure to appear. No bond set.

•Shamika Nate Williams, 34, 358 Concordia Park, on a charge of bench warrant for failure to appear. No bond set.

•Shannon Nicole Tennessee, 31, 327 Loomis St., Clayton, on a charge of bench warrant for failure to pay CPSO fines.

•Stanley Waddell Burns, 26, 201 Doty Garden Circle, on a charge of probation hold violation. No bond set.

•Chad G. Grimble, 31, 800 Louisiana Ave., on charges of bench warrant for failure to pay CPSO fines for attempted possession of weapon by convicted felon. Bond set at $1,450.