Crime Press Releases

A Luling man is being held in the St. John the Baptist Parish jail after he shot another man in the ankle following an altercation on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Walter Roman Celestine, 22, of Luling was arrested and booked with aggravated second degree battery...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division arrested three men on Monday, Feb. 25, 2025 in connection with the possession of illegal drugs and operating a clandestine laboratory for the unlawful manufacture of controlled dangerous substance,...

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies recovered four guns, illegal narcotics and arrested three suspects after they tried to elude deputies who were attempting to conduct a traffic stop on Cambridge Drive in LaPlace on Friday, Feb. 21. Around 9:21 p.m....

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives have arrested a LaPlace man in connection with a shooting Tuesday night (Feb. 18) at a home on Carrollwood Drive in LaPlace. Deputies were dispatched to Ochsner Medical Complex in LaPlace around 11:04 p.m. in...

A 19-year-old LaPlace man and his 16-year-old cousin have been arrested and booked with armed robbery with a firearm (felony) in connection with an incident at a LaPlace park on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. St. John the Baptist Sheriff's deputies responded to a 5:15 p.m....

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested Tamyrihu Hubbard, 24, of Marrero and booked her with second degree murder in the shooting death of Joshua Jones, 23, of LaPlace. On Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025 at 10:36 a.m. St. John Sheriff’s Office deputies...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 in LaPlace that left two people injured and led investigators to the recovery of five guns. Authorities responded to a call regarding gunfire at 6:57 p.m. that was...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a 14-year-old Reserve boy on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in connection with a school threat posted on social media targeting East St. John High School. The juvenile was booked with felony terrorizing and later...

A LaPlace man has been arrested and is being held in the St. John the Baptist Parish jail after investigators say he fired multiple shots at a man riding a bicycle around 10:30 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 30, 2025) in the 1800 block of Cinclair Loop. The cyclist was not...

An Edgard, La. man was arrested after a 2-year-old boy shot himself in the foot shortly before 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. The child was airlifted from a house in Edgard to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans where he is listed in stable condition. St. John the...