Crime Press Releases

St John Parish Sheriff's Dept.

Casey Spies and Garland Cottingham Arrested for Possession Heroin

Casey Spies Garland Cottingham On Sunday, June 14, 2015, a St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputy responded to the 600 block of Fairway Drive in LaPlace for the report of a protective order violation. The complainant told the deputy that Garland...

Rodney Loya Arrested for Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile

Rodney Loya On Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at 12:43 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a LaPlace area church for the report of an incident of indecent behavior of a juvenile. The mother of the three ­year-old male victim and the...

Kenion Riley Arrested for Robbery and Possession of Narcotics

Kenion Riley On Saturday, June 13, 2015, at 2:20 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 900 block of Michael Court in LaPlace for the report of a robbery. The 24-year-old male victim told deputies that Kenion Riley, 21, of Michael...

Telephone Scam Alert

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre warns all residents that telephone scam artists are always on the prowl. Telephone scam artists attempted to get money from individuals through their emotions by scaring them or telling them a family member is in need of...

John Lee Booked for 5th D.W.I. and other Offenses

John Lee While conducting traffic enforcement on Friday, June 12, 2015, a St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputy conducted a traffic stop on the driver of a pickup truck for speeding on I-10 East bound in Reserve. During the traffic stop, the driver...

Detectives Seek Additional Information in Ongoing Investigation

John Smith On Friday, June 5, 2015, at 10:06 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the intersection of Van Arpel Drive and Heather Lane in LaPlace for the report of gunshots heard. Deputies found a bullet hole in a truck that was...

Two Suspects Arrested in Connection with Shooting

On Monday, May 25, 2015, at 3:26 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the area of Sunnyside Drive and Creole Street in Reserve for the report of gunshots fired in the area. When they arrived in the area, deputies located six teenage...

Corey Bartholomew Arrested for Armed Robbery and Aggravated Assault

Corey Bartholomew On Monday, May 18, 2015, at 7:06 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies arrested Corey Bartholomew, 24, of East 6th Street in Edgard on a judicial court ordered arrest warrant for armed robbery and aggravated assault and on an...

Incident on River Investigated

On Thursday, May 14, 2015, at 8:54 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a docking area on the Mississippi River in Garyville for the report of a person that fell from a vessel in the river. Crewmembers of a river vessel rescued the...