Apr 19, 2016
St. John Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre has named the office’s Narcotics Division as Officers of the First Quarter. Representing the division, Lt. Tanner Mangano, second from left, and Lt. Monty Adams, right, were honored April 18 for outstanding work and dedicated...
Apr 11, 2016
Reprint from Published Sunday, April 10, 2016 How do you plead, guilty or not guilty? These words are spoken throughout the United States of America every week in a courtroom. Last month, I was informed that 85 subpoenaed individuals failed to show up for...
Apr 7, 2016
Reprint from Published Saturday, April 6, 2016 Law enforcement calls it “swatting.†St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre said the prank — which, make no mistake, is a crime — involves calling 911 to report a false emergency that...
Mar 21, 2016
Lt Chip Wale (left) and Sheriff Mike Tregre (right) Lt. Charles “Chip” Wale, with the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office, graduated March 18, 2016 from the 263rd session of the FBI National Training Academy on the FBI’s campus in Quantico, Va....
Mar 14, 2016
Reprint from Published Saturday, March 12, 2016 Mother Nature came to visit St. John Parish on Feb. 23 … again. She forced us to come together as we have done many times in the past. It appears everyone received some type of notice that she was coming because...
Feb 24, 2016
The St. John Sheriff’s Office hosted a discussion of the use of golf carts on parish roads on Feb. 22 during a town hall meeting at the Knights of Columbus Home in Reserve. The State Legislature recently passed Louisiana Revised Statute 32:299.4, Act No. 308,...