Crime Press Releases

St John Parish Sheriff's Dept.

Sex Offender Arrested for Obscenity

  On Thursday, June 19, 2014, at 7:27 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a retail storefront in the 200 block of West Airline Highway in LaPlace for the report of a man exposing himself.  The complainant, a 42 year-old...

Hours for Fireworks Discharge in St. John the Baptist Parish

  In St. John the Baptist Parish it is lawful for persons to discharge fireworks within the parish on:   Fourth of July from dusk until 10:00 p.m.   All discharging of fireworks by the general public shall be done with the supervision of responsible...

DeQuan Brown Arrested in Homicide Investigation

    On Friday, June 20, 2014, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office detectives arrested DeQuan Brown, 19, of Mercury Lane in Reserve in connection with the murder of Meshach Mason in Reserve in August 2013.  Evidence collected in the...

Ellis Batiste Jr Arrested for Attempted Murder

On Friday, June 13, 2014, 3:53 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 100 block of Sleepy Redwood Street in LaPlace for the report of a disturbance involving weapons. The 26-year-old male victim told deputies that he was outside his...

Homicide Investigation – Joe Parquet Circle, LaPlace

On Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at 11:21 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 200 block of Joe Parquet Circle in LaPlace for the report of a subject being shot. When deputies arrived on the scene, they found an unresponsive male...

Jervis Cosey Arrested for Illegal Use of a Weapon

On Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 8:17 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the area of Chad B. Baker Street in Reserve for the report of gunshots in the area. A witness in the 200 block of East 27th Street told a deputy that gunshots were...

Shooting Investigation – Chad B Baker St, Reserve

On Saturday, June 7, 2014, at 3:00 am, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the 200 block of Chad B. Baker Street in Reserve for the report of a 22- year-old Reserve man that was shot. Deputies located the victim in a residence on Chad B....

Craig Lee Jr Arrested for Cocaine Possession

On Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at 8:12 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office deputies were on active patrol on South Fig Street in Garyville when they initiated an investigation of subjects loitering. During the investigation, deputies made contact with Craig...

Demario Harris Arrested in LaPlace Shooting Investigation

On Thursday, May 29, 2014, at 1:33 pm, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office detectives arrested and booked Demario Harris, 23, of English Colony Drive in LaPlace in connection with the shooting in the 1500 block of Cartier Drive in LaPlace on Tuesday, May 27....

Cordan Duhe arrested on weapons related charges

On Monday, May 26th, 2014, St John Parish Sheriff's Officers responded to a shooting complaint. The victim stated that Cordan Duhe had beat her up in another parish, then while driving home to St. John Parish  he followed her and pulled along side the victims...