Crime Press Releases

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested five suspects in connection with the fatal shooting Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 of 25-year-old Kyron Davis of LaPlace. Davis, 25, was found suffering from gunshot wounds after crashing a car in the 300 block...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man who was found suffering from gunshot wounds after wrecking his car in the 300 block of Fir Street in LaPlace shortly before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026....

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in locating Dominique L. Linton, 39, who has been convicted of first-degree rape and sexual battery of a child under the age of 13. Linton’s last known address was 117 Sherman Walker St.,...

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a Harahan man on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026 after he was found driving a vehicle that had been reported stolen out of New Orleans two days earlier, on Sept. 21, 2026. The suspect, identified as Keith...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating an early morning stabbing at a LaPlace residence that injured an off-duty St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy and his girlfriend. The suspect, the brother of the victim, was arrested on scene...

A 28-year-old Montz man is in police custody after he physically assaulted an 80-year-old man in the parking lot of Walmart in LaPlace on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 and stole his car. St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to Walmart at 12:10 p.m. in...

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre believes that hard work should be rewarded. That belief is reflected in the outstanding benefits and recently increased starting pay for Patrol Deputies, Corrections Officers and 911 Communications Specialists. Sheriff...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that happened shortly after noon on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026 in the New Era subdivision in LaPlace. One person, a 38-year-old man, was shot in the leg and transported via helicopter to a New...

Taivon Gales, 23, of Reserve has been arrested and booked with aggravated battery with a dangerous weapon (felony) and aggravated criminal damage to property (felony) in connection with a shooting Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026 that injured one man and damaged a vehicle in...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office stopped a reported armed robbery in progress at a home in the 600 block of South Golfview Drive on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026 and has arrested three men in connection with the incident. St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office...