In two unrelated cases, cyber/financial crime detectives with the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division this week arrested an Alabama man in connection with multiple “swatting” calls to addresses in St. John Parish and arrested a LaPlace man for using social media to issue violent threats.
Korey Flood, 25, of Mobile Alabama, was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, and booked with 10 counts of false communication with intent to cause an emergency response and one count of terrorizing. All charges are considered felonies.
From August 2025 through October 2025, the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office received numerous calls for service where the caller reported various crimes in progress, and other alleged criminal activity at homes in St. John Parish. These calls caused enhanced emergency responses from the Sheriff’s Office. After these responses, it was learned that these calls were falsified and made repeatedly from the same phone number (s).
After an investigation by the SJSO cyber/financial crime detectives, a person was identified and linked to the falsified calls. With the assistance of the Mobile, Alabama Police Department, SJSO detectives learned this individual, now identified as Flood, lived in Mobile.
SJSO detectives interviewed Flood and he admitted to making falsified emergency calls for service and alleged false criminal activity. Flood was arrested by the Mobile Police Department and later extradited to St. John Parish. Flood is currently being held in the parish jail under a $75,000 bond.
Michael Bovie, 35, of LaPlace was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025 and booked with two counts of terrorizing after he posted threats on his social media account to harm law enforcement officials and the public.
On Nov. 7, 2025, the St. John Sheriff’s Office received information about videos that were being posted on social media where the creator of the videos made specific threats to actively harm law enforcement and members of the general public.
Following an investigation, the SJSO cyber/financial crimes detectives identified Bovie as the person responsible for posting the threats. SJSO detectives arrested Bovie on Nov. 12 and during an interview with detectives he admitted to posting the online threats to his social media account.
Bovie is currently being held in the parish jail under a $25,000 bond.