Crime Press Releases

A 12-year-old LaPlace boy has been arrested and booked with simple battery (misdemeanor) and simple robbery (felony) after accosting a 17-year-old male in a local park and taking $10 from him. The victim reported the incident in a 911 call on Saturday, Nov. 15. The...

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 Reserve woman has been arrested and booked with aggravated cruelty to animals after St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives found four severely malnourished dogs caged in the same kennel at her home. Christina Benton, 22, was arrested Friday, Nov....

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division began conducting an investigation in late August 2025 regarding Eugene Schofield Jr. of LaPlace, LA and his involvement in the distribution of illegal narcotics in St. John Parish. Eugene Schofield...

Detectives with the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division have arrested Dennis Stephens of LaPlace and booked him with one count of indecent behavior with a juvenile and one count of sexual battery. In August of 2025 the St. John Parish...

A nearly three-month investigation by the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division has culminated with the arrest of four people, seizure of a cache illegal drugs that included crystal meth and cocaine and more than $4,000 in cash. The St. John...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office recently recovered eight illegally possessed firearms and narcotics over a 10-day span as part of the department’s ongoing crime suppression efforts to combat violent crime and protect the community. SJSO patrol...

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office narcotics detectives, working in conjunction with narcotics investigators and SWAT personnel from multiple agencies, culminated several months of a major narcotics investigation on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, with the execution...

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office detectives have arrested two men in connection with two LaPlace burglaries that included the theft of a flat screen TV, more than $1,000 worth of toys and clothing and purchases from Amazon that included three pairs of...

Three LaPlace juveniles, age 13 and 14, have been arrested and booked with vehicle theft and other charges after St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators say the trio stole a 2022 BMW X3 on Thursday night, July 31, 2025. St. John Sheriff’s deputies...