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School Resource Officers Recognized

School Resource Officers Recognized

School Resource Officers Darlene Cooper, from left, Jacqueline Gabriel and Chris Crawford, along with Captain Greg Baker, were honored at the St. John School Board’s meeting August 4, 2022 at Lake Pontchartrain Elementary in LaPlace. With them are School Board member...

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Sgt. Jonathan Walker Receives Valor Award

Sgt. Jonathan Walker Receives Valor Award

Sgt. Jonathan Walker has been named the recipient of the Louisiana Sheriffs Association's 2021 Deputy Sheriff Valor Award. Michael Ranatza, executive director of the Louisiana Sheriffs Association, recently presented the award to Walker. Pictured with them is Sheriff...

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Punt, Pass and Kick Hosted by SJSO

Punt, Pass and Kick Hosted by SJSO

Sheriff Mike Tregre and several of his officers had a great time with a group of kids on July 23, 2022 when the St. John Sheriff’s Office presented it first Punt, Pass and Kick competition at Joe Keller Stadium in Reserve. More than 100 boys and girls ages 6-13...

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SJSO Offers  Hunter Safety Education

SJSO Offers Hunter Safety Education

The St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office held a free hunter education course for people age 10 and older July 8-9, 2022 at the Lloyd B. Johnson Law Enforcement Training Center in LaPlace. This two-day course covered topics such as hunter responsibility and ethics, how...

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Autism and Developmental Disabilities Discussed

Autism and Developmental Disabilities Discussed

Interaction of first responders with people with autism and other developmental disabilities was the focus of a free community development and safety training session held July 13, 2022 at the Lloyd B. Johnson Law Enforcement Training Center, 947 Cambridge Drive in...

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New Field Training Officers Named

New Field Training Officers Named

Sheriff Mike Tregre announced five senior patrol officers graduated July 1, 2022 from the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Field Training Officers 2022-001 class. These newly certified FTOs will now help new patrol deputies navigate their way through the first few...

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Clay Raymond Sr. Arrested for Illegal Drug Activity

Clay Howard Raymond Sr., 47, of LaPlace was arrested May 20, 2022 in connection to illegal drug activity in St. John the Baptist Parish. After an investigation for several months, members of the St. John Sheriff’s Office SWAT team, detectives with the Narcotics Unit...

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Irvin Scioneaux Jr. Arrested for Murder

Irvin J. Scioneaux Jr., 56, of LaPlace was arrested Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in connection to the drug overdose death of Frank Lozano, 58, also of LaPlace. On Sunday, May 22, 2022, about 6:30 p.m., officers responded to the 400 block of Camelia Avenue in LaPlace in...

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