Crime Press Releases

Lorenzo Porter Juanita Porter On Friday, July 29, 2016 the St. John Parish Sheriff's Office Special Operations Division detectives arrested Lorenzo Porter, 31, and his girlfriend Juanita Joseph, 39, at their residence, 1047 Balsam Street in LaPlace. The arrests were...

Saturday, July 23, 2016, at 11:32 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the LaPlace VFW Hall in the 200 block of West Fifth Street in LaPlace for the report of a shooting with multiple victims. The three victims, all females, ages 22,...

Willie Andrews - Victim Monday, July 11, 2016, at 3:04 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to an apartment in the 600 block of Bluebonnet Court in LaPlace for the report of an unresponsive male found on the floor. The girlfriend of the...

Update: Friday, July 8, 2016 Trey Johnson Arrested   Dejuan Bell Victim St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office detectives arrested Trey Johnson, 20, of Sunnyside Drive in Reserve in connection with the murder of Dejuan Bell on July 6. Thursday, deputies...

On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, St. John deputies arrested Wayne Jackson Johnson, 35, of Garyville in the 300 of South Fig Street in Garyville. Detectives wanted Johnson in connection with an armed robbery in the early morning of June 08, 2016 on Little Hope Street in...

Stephen Kropog St. John Parish detectives arrested Stephen Kropog, 39, of LaPlace on Friday, June 3, 2016 in connection with a fraudulent posting of an explicit sex-related ad on Craigslist. Responding to a complaint on May 22, 2016 in reference to a fraudulent...

Matthew Vicknair St. John Sheriff Mike Tregre announced that the St. John Sheriff's Office assisted the FBI May 3, 2016 in apprehending Matthew Vicknair, 30, of LaPlace. St. John detectives obtained a judicial warrant, and on May 03, 2016, at about 2:30 p.m.,...

Shawn C. Fisher On April 29, 2016 at 1:30 a.m. St. John Parish deputies were dispatched to the intersection of Elm and West 5th Streets in LaPlace in reference to a suspicious vehicle at the traffic light that appeared to be occupied by a driver who was sleeping. Upon...

  Jessie Bailey   On Friday, April 29, 2016 at about 11 p.m., St. John Parish deputies were dispatched to a residence in the 600 block of Gardenia Drive in LaPlace in reference to a complaint, in which a male suspect had reportedly threatened the...

Kendall Smith After receiving a complaint of ongoing illegal narcotics activity in the 200 block of Cardinal Street in LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office narcotics detectives initiated a narcotics investigation. Over the course of the investigation,...