Aug 20, 2024
The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a home invasion that was reported around 11:15 p.m. on Monday. Officers were called to a home in the 3000 block of Yorktowne Drive in LaPlace after a husband and wife reported that five people forced...
Jul 31, 2024
The St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division began conducting an investigation in early July 2024 regarding 420 Smoke and Spirits Shop located at 975 Cambridge Drive Unit B in LaPlace, LA., and their involvement in the distribution of illegal narcotics,...
May 24, 2024
Heather Ward, 49, of Lutcher, was arrested May 20, 2024 after stealing more than 90 Oxycodone pills from Gem Drugs in Reserve and selling the drugs on the street. The pills had an estimated street value of $800. Ward, a former pharmacist clerk at the store, is charged...
May 24, 2024
A Reserve woman was booked and has a bond of nearly $97 million for more than 3,800 counts of financial crimes against the elderly. Staci Scioneaux, 40, of Reserve was arrested May 14, 2024 after the SJSO Financial Crimes Unit discovered that she was working as a care...
May 24, 2024
Over the past two weeks, the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division arrested several men and one woman connected to illegal drug activity in St. John the Baptist Parish. Arrested May 6, 2024 on multiple criminal charges were Timothy Gauff of LaPlace; and...
May 13, 2024
About 95 kilos of cocaine with a street value of about $2.5 million were confiscated during a drug bust March 19, 2024 at a LaPlace home. Officers also discovered eight firearms and about 45 grams of suspected pressed fentanyl pills. Three LaPlace men were arrested in...
