A 12-year-old LaPlace boy has been arrested and booked with simple battery (misdemeanor) and simple robbery (felony) after accosting a 17-year-old male in a local park and taking $10 from him. The victim reported the incident in a 911 call on Saturday, Nov. 15. The...
In two unrelated cases, cyber/financial crime detectives with the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division this week arrested an Alabama man in connection with multiple “swatting” calls to addresses in St. John Parish and arrested...
A Reserve woman has been arrested and booked with aggravated cruelty to animals after St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives found four severely malnourished dogs caged in the same kennel at her home. Christina Benton, 22, was arrested Friday, Nov....
The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division began conducting an investigation in late August 2025 regarding Eugene Schofield Jr. of LaPlace, LA and his involvement in the distribution of illegal narcotics in St. John Parish. Eugene Schofield...
Detectives with the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division have arrested Dennis Stephens of LaPlace and booked him with one count of indecent behavior with a juvenile and one count of sexual battery. In August of 2025 the St. John Parish...
A nearly three-month investigation by the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division has culminated with the arrest of four people, seizure of a cache illegal drugs that included crystal meth and cocaine and more than $4,000 in cash. The St. John...
