Jalen Joseph Johnson, 18, of Edgard was arrested April 6, 2023 after stealing cell phones from individuals at local businesses and trading them in for cash. On March 30, 2023, a male subject, later identified as Johnson, reported to a store clerk that he lost his...
Wojciech Niznik, 37, a Polish national residing in Hammond, was arrested March 27, 2023 in connection to several contractor fraud cases in St. John the Baptist Parish. In the summer of 2022, the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office received complaints from local residents...
Sheriff Mike Tregre announced March 24, 2023, that an arrest has been made in connection to an alleged threat of violence against Emily C. Watkins Elementary School in Reserve. A 15-year-old male juvenile, a student at the school, was arrested March 24, 2023 after...
St. John Parish President Jaclyn Hotard has presented the parish’s 911 operators a proclamation declaring April 9-15, 2023 National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in St. John. President Hotard and the Parish Council recognized the dispatchers for their hard work...
In observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April, the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office is participating in its own Pinwheels for Prevention campaign. Officers planted pinwheels outside the sheriff’s office and the Lloyd B. Johnson Law Enforcement Training...
