Crime Press Releases
St John Parish Sheriff's Dept.Heather Ward Arrested for Prescription Fraud
Heather Ward, 49, of Lutcher, was arrested May 20, 2024 after stealing more than 90 Oxycodone pills from Gem Drugs in Reserve and selling the drugs on the street. The pills had an estimated street value of $800. Ward, a former pharmacist clerk at the store, is charged...
Staci Scioneaux Arrested for Crimes Against the Elderly
A Reserve woman was booked and has a bond of nearly $97 million for more than 3,800 counts of financial crimes against the elderly. Staci Scioneaux, 40, of Reserve was arrested May 14, 2024 after the SJSO Financial Crimes Unit discovered that she was working as a care...
Several Subjects Arrested on Illegal Drug Charges
Over the past two weeks, the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division arrested several men and one woman connected to illegal drug activity in St. John the Baptist Parish. Arrested May 6, 2024 on multiple criminal charges were Timothy Gauff of LaPlace; and...
SJSO Confiscates Cocaine, Guns, Fentanyl
About 95 kilos of cocaine with a street value of about $2.5 million were confiscated during a drug bust March 19, 2024 at a LaPlace home. Officers also discovered eight firearms and about 45 grams of suspected pressed fentanyl pills. Three LaPlace men were arrested in...
Timothy Johnson Arrested in Double Shooting Investigation
Timothy Johnson, 24, of LaPlace was arrested Friday, May 10, 2024, for shooting two women and killing one of them. The SJSO arrested Johnson for the murder of Todmonique Joseph, 38, of LaPlace. On May 7, 2024, about 7 p.m., officers responded to the area of South Fig...
Martrell Tuco Arrested Again For Setting Fire
Martrell LaShawn Tuco, 38, of LaPlace was arrested April 18, 2024 after he started a fire in a bathroom of a LaPlace business. On Tuesday, April 16th, 2024, about 8 p.m., officers responded to a business in the 100 block of Belle Terre Boulevard in LaPlace in...
Omari Robertson Arrested in Shooting Investigation
Omari Robertson, 18, of Reserve was arrested April 15, 2204 in connection to a shooting in a Reserve neighborhood. On April 10, 2024, about 430 a.m., officers responded to the 200 block of East 15th Street in Reserve in reference to gunshots heard in the area. Upon...
David Eames Arrrested for Illegal Drugs Activity
David Eames, 48, of Reserve was arrested April 16, 2024 in connection to illegal drugs activity in St. John the Baptist Parish. In early April, the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division began an investigation of Eames and his involvement in the...
Ellis Batiste Jr. Arrested for Illegal Drugs Activity
Ellis Batiste Jr., 31, of LaPlace was arrested Friday, April 5, 2024, in connection to illegal drugs activity in St. John the Baptist Parish. In February 2024, the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division began an investigation of Batiste Jr. and his...
Four Males Arrested after Vehicle Crashes into House
Two men and two male juveniles from LaPlace were arrested April 3, 2024 after they fled from officers in a stolen vehicle then crashed 0the vehicle into a home in a LaPlace neighborhood. Arrested were Oscar Smith and Avante Ursin, both 18; a 13-year-old male; and a...