Crime Press Releases

St John Parish Sheriff's Dept.

DWI Checkpoint to be conducted Friday, December 11

St John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office will be conducting a DWI checkpoint tonight, Friday, December 11, 2015, from approximately 10:00 pm to 2:00 am at an undisclosed location in St John the Baptist Parish. Our mission will be to find and remove impaired drivers...

Simple Robbery Investigation – Evergreen Dr, LaPlace

     On Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at 6:02 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 400 block of Evergreen Drive in LaPlace for the report of an assault and robbery. Two juvenile victims, a 16-year-old male and a...

Shooting Investigation – Central/E 3rdReserve, LA

On Saturday, December 5, 2015, at 12:26 am, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the area near Central Avenue and East 3rd Street in Reserve for the report of gunshots heard and the report of a man asking for help at a house on East 1st...

Angela Perkins Wanted for Terrorizing

Angela Perkins ( Most Recent) Angela Perkins On Thursday, December 3, 2015, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office received several complaints from the public regarding a social media post that caused members of the general public to be in sustained fear for...

Recovered Body Identified – US 51

The body recovered along Highway US 51 north of LaPlace on Thursday, November 12, has been identified. St. John the Baptist Parish detectives said the body was identified as Alan Burl, 37, of LaPlace. On November 2, Burl was reported missing by his sister who told...

Two Subjects Booked on Illegal Weapon Charges

Jordan James Dervol Zeno On Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at 8:56 pm, while on patrol with the Special Operations Unit, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies saw two men with a grocery basket in the 2000 block of North Sugar Ridge Road in LaPlace. Due...

Homicide Investigation – Orange Loop, LaPlace

On Monday, November 9, 2015, at 4:32 am, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 400 block of Orange Loop in LaPlace for the report of a shooting. Responding deputies found a 39-year­old male victim with an apparent gunshot wound in his...

Drug Bust Nets Five Suspects, Drugs and Guns

On Friday, November 6, 2015, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office Narcotics detectives concluded a four day long investigation of illegal narcotics activity at a residence on Davis Court in LaPlace. Over the course of the investigation narcotics detectives...