Crime Press Releases

St John Parish Sheriff's Dept.

Two Arrested For Armed Robbery

  On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at 6:15 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 600 block of Main Street in LaPlace when a concerned citizen called 911 to report subjects fighting and a firearm was involved. When deputies...

Juvenile Arrested for Possession of a Handgun

  On Monday, September 15, 2014, at 4:33 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 8000 block of Sunnyside Drive in Reserve for the report of a fight and a juvenile that was in possession of a firearm. When deputies arrived in the...

Littering Complaint Leads to Narcotics Arrests

  On Friday, September 12, 2014, at 6:27 pm, a St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputy responded to Homewood Place in Reserve for the report of two men in a green pickup truck dumping trash. The responding deputy saw the two men in the green truck...

Disturbance Call Investigation Exposes Methamphetamine Laboratory

  On Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at 6:17 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a residence in the 400 block of Birch Street in LaPlace for the report of a disturbance at the residence. When deputies arrived, they identified two...

Gun Fight Investigated on S Sugar Ridge Dr LaPlace

        On Sunday, September 7, 2014, at 3:39 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 1500 block of South Sugar Ridge Drive in LaPlace for the report of several gunshots heard in the area. When...

Steven Ellis Arrested for Aggravated Assault with a Firearm

  On Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at 11:30 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 1500 block of Grant Drive in Reserve for the report of gunshots heard in the area. The complainant told deputies that her boyfriend and former...

Juvenile Arrested for Criminal Mischief

  On Tuesday, August 9, 2014, at 8:29 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to Revere Drive in LaPlace for the report of a kidnapping. A 14-year-old girl reported that she was kidnapped by two unknown male subjects who put a plastic...

15 Year Old Juvenile Arrested for Burglary

  On Monday, September 1, 2014, at 8:39 am, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a residence in the 2900 block of Williamsburg Drive in LaPlace for the report of the theft of a vehicle. At 9:44 am, a deputy saw the vehicle near the...

Rachel Bourgeois – Sheriff Contract Employee Arrested

            On July 2, 2014, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office detectives along with the Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General started a joint investigation concerning a suspected...

Four Suspects Arrested in Connection with Recent Car Burglaries

  On Sunday, August 24, 2014, at 1:30 am, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies stopped a car matching the description of a car that was reportedly seen in the area during recent vehicle burglaries in LaPlace. Four men occupied the car. During the...