Woman, 35, Pleads Guilty to Sex with Teen Boy

Oct 19, 2016 | News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 19, 2016 FRANKLINTON—A District judge has sentenced Rachel M. Carrier, 35, who had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy, to eight years in state prison but suspended that portion of the sentence, as long as she complies with several...

DA Montgomery sends letter to Advocate Editor

Oct 13, 2016 | Uncategorized

Oct. 4, 2016 Letters to the Editor The New Orleans Advocate 1010 Common St. New Orleans, LA 70112 Dear Editor: I read with interest John Simerman’s story on Oct. 1 about Louisiana’s habitual offender law, and I’d like to explain my opinion. First, there are many...

D.A. Montgomery Announces Historic Racketeering Indictment

Oct 13, 2016 | Uncategorized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 13, 2016 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announced Thursday (Oct.13) one of the biggest racketeering cases in the parish’s history, the indictment of 20 people who were members or affiliates of a drug trafficking organization,...

Grand Jury Returns Indictments in Two Murders and Rape Case

Oct 12, 2016 | News

Dedrick Lyndell Coleman Jonathan David Talley   COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish grand jury has returned second-degree murder indictments against a 16-year-old boy in the March shooting death of his stepfather in Covington and a 35-year-old man accused of shooting...

Slidell Area Man Gets Life Sentence for 2011 Murder of Firefighter

Sep 30, 2016 | News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 30, 2016 COVINGTON—Michael D. Lizana, 38, who lived just outside Slidell, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday (Sept. 29) after pleading guilty to first degree murder for fatally shooting a St. Tammany Parish firefighter and hiding his...