Crime Press Releases

About 95 kilos of cocaine with a street value of about $2.5 million were confiscated during a drug bust March 19, 2024 at a LaPlace home. Officers also discovered eight firearms and about 45 grams of suspected pressed fentanyl pills. Three LaPlace men were arrested in...

Timothy Johnson, 24, of LaPlace was arrested Friday, May 10, 2024, for shooting two women and killing one of them. The SJSO arrested Johnson for the murder of Todmonique Joseph, 38, of LaPlace. On May 7, 2024, about 7 p.m., officers responded to the area of South Fig...

Martrell LaShawn Tuco, 38, of LaPlace was arrested April 18, 2024 after he started a fire in a bathroom of a LaPlace business. On Tuesday, April 16th, 2024, about 8 p.m., officers responded to a business in the 100 block of Belle Terre Boulevard in LaPlace in...

Omari Robertson, 18, of Reserve was arrested April 15, 2204 in connection to a shooting in a Reserve neighborhood. On April 10, 2024, about 430 a.m., officers responded to the 200 block of East 15th Street in Reserve in reference to gunshots heard in the area. Upon...

David Eames, 48, of Reserve was arrested April 16, 2024 in connection to illegal drugs activity in St. John the Baptist Parish. In early April, the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division began an investigation of Eames and his involvement in the...

Ellis Batiste Jr., 31, of LaPlace was arrested Friday, April 5, 2024, in connection to illegal drugs activity in St. John the Baptist Parish. In February 2024, the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division began an investigation of Batiste Jr. and his...

Two men and two male juveniles from LaPlace were arrested April 3, 2024 after they fled from officers in a stolen vehicle then crashed 0the vehicle into a home in a LaPlace neighborhood. Arrested were Oscar Smith and Avante Ursin, both 18; a 13-year-old male; and a...

Two local men were arrested January 26, 2024 in connection to an armed robbery that occurred on East 21st Street in Reserve. Arrested were Brandon Blackmore, 18, of LaPlace; and Markee King Jr., 18, of Reserve. On Sunday, January 21, 2024, about 7:30 p.m., a female...