A Garyville man and woman were arrested Wednesday, April 5, 2023, for sexual abuse of three juveniles. Ralph Clay Nelson, 33, and Destiny Ann Georgel, 22, are facing several child sexual abuse charges. On Thursday, March 23, 2023, the St. John Sheriff’s Office...
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...
Three people have been arrested in connection with a shooting on Friday, February 10, 2023, in LaPlace. Arrested February 10, 2023 were Raekwon Batiste, 21, Jonathan Williams, 18, and a 16-male juvenile, all of LaPlace. About noon, officers responded to a...
A 13-year-old student at LaPlace Elementary was arrested Tuesday, February 1, 2023 for bringing a handgun to school. About 2:15 a.m., school resource officers learned that a teacher located a 9 mm handgun in a male student’s waistband as the student reported for a...
