Crime Press Releases

Detectives with the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office along with assistance from the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office arrested Michael Zulli, age 60, of LaPlace on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. Zulli was the subject of an investigation that was part of the...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a LaPlace man and booked him with felony burglary of a car and house in Reserve on Thursday, March 5, 2026. A St. John Parish Sheriff's deputy responded to the 400 block of Northwest Third Street in Reserve...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for Ramon Patterson, Jr. 21, of Reserve on felony warrants in connection with possession and intent to distribute illegal drugs and aggravated flight from an officer in a motor vehicle. Anyone who may be...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of two people who were found shot to death in a car in the 1900 block of Yorktowne Drive in LaPlace around 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Deputies responded to the area after the...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide in LaPlace that happened early Sunday morning (Feb. 15,2026) that has left one man dead. A suspect has been arrested and is in custody. St. John deputies responded to a call at 12:45 a.m. in...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 15-year-old juvenile and is searching for two other suspects after the trio fired multiple shots Thursday night, (Feb. 5, 2026) at a group of people standing outside of a house in the 1800 block of...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested two suspects involved in a shooting Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026 in the 100 block of Historic West Street in Garyville that injured a 32-year-old Baton Rouge man. The man, identified as Clarence Scott, Jr., is...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a LaPlace man for firing a gun at a vehicle occupied by four people, including his two young children, Sunday (Feb.1, 2026) in Reserve. No one was injured during the shooting. St. John Sheriff’s Office...

The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested two people, including a 16-year-old, in connection with the murder of Harold Warren, Jr., 16, of LaPlace who was shot and killed in the 3100 block of English Colony Drive in LaPlace on Dec. 17, 2025. The...

A 2-year-old LaPlace girl suffered lacerations to the left side of her neck, face and chest after being bitten by her father’s pitbull on Monday, January 26, 2026. The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at 2:57 p.m. regarding a dog biting...