Crime Press Releases

St John Parish Sheriff's Dept.

Gunshots and Attempted Arson Investigated in LaPlace

On Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at 3:12 am, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Office deputies responded to the 100 block of Joe Parquet Circle in LaPlace for the report of gunshots heard in the area. The 26-year-old female complainant told deputies that she heard three...

Victim Shot in Hand during Armed Robbery

On Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at 7:08 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the Ochsner Kenner Hospital for the report that a 17-year-old Laplace teenager walked in the emergency room with a gunshot wound to his hand. He told hospital...

Clarence Bolden Booked in Armed Robbery Investigation

Clarence Bolden On Wednesday, July 29, 2015, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office detectives booked Clarence Bolden, 42, of Reserve in connection with the armed robbery of a LaPlace business that occurred January 16. Bolden was incarcerated in the St. John the...

Michael Silva Booked with 3rd Offense DWI

Michael Silva On Friday, July 31, 2015, at 9:04 pm, a St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Office deputy conducted a traffic stop on West Airline Highway west of Terre Haut Road in Reserve on a driver for speeding. When the driver exited his car, he almost fell and...

Multiple Offenders Booked with Criminal Mischief

Roddy Johnson On Sunday, August 2, 2015, at 11:40 am, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the intersection of Cambridge Drive and Woodland Drive in LaPlace for the report of two male subjects looking in cars and pulling on car door...

Darnell Harris Jr Arrested for Armed Robbery

Darnell Harris Jr On Monday, August 3, 2015, at 2:38 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to investigate the report of an armed robbery with a gun that occurred on Whitlow Court in LaPlace. The victim was a 34-year-old woman from...

Shooting Investigation – Belle Point in Reserve

On Saturday, August 1, 2015, at 10:20 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 700 block of Belle Pointe Boulevard in Reserve for the report of a male subject being shot. Deputies were in the area to disperse a large crowd of people...

Two Teenagers Arrested in LaPlace Auto Burglaries

Trevor Sterling On Thursday, July 30, 2015, at 9:21 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the area of the intersection of Golfview Drive and Lafayette Drive in LaPlace for the report of two male subjects walking down the street and...

David Gardner Arrested in Narcotics Investigation

David Gardner St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office narcotics detectives initiated an investigation on David Gardner, 46, after receiving information that he was manufacturing methamphetamine at his residence on Golfview Drive in LaPlace. While conducting...

Clayton Jones Booked on 4th DWI Offense

Clayton Jones On Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at 9:12 pm at the intersection of West Airline Highway and Belle Terre Boulevard in LaPlace, a St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputy arrested and booked Clayton Jones, 40, of Ponchatoula with 4th offense DWI. The...