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Mandeville Man Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mandeville Man Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography August 12, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on July 28, 2025, Judge Ellen Creel sentenced 38-year-old Jason Quinn Lee of Mandeville to 45 years...

63-year-old Mandeville Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison For Sexually Assaulting 8-year-old Girl
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 63-year-old Mandeville Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison For Sexually Assaulting 8-year-old Girl August 11, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on August 6, 2025, Judge Alan Black sentenced 63-year-old Oscar Alfred Paysse III to 40...

81-year-old Slidell Man Gets 35 Years in Prison For Sexual Assault of Young Girl Caught on Video
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 81-year-old Slidell Man Gets 35 Years in Prison For Sexual Assault of Young Girl Caught on Video July 28, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on July 8, 2025, Judge Tara Zeller sentenced 81-year-old Richard James Nyberg of Slidell to...

Two Bogalusa City Employees Indicted For Malfeasance in Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Two Bogalusa City Employees Indicted For Malfeasance in Office July 24, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on July 23, 2025, a Washington Parish grand jury indicted 58-year-old James Morris and 64-year-old James Patterson, both...

Bogalusa Man Gets Life Sentence in Drive-by Shooting Murder
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bogalusa Man Gets Life Sentence In Drive-by Shooting Murder July 22, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on July 21, 2025, Judge William H. Burris sentenced 25-year-old Christian Cartez Myers of Bogalusa to life in prison for the 2022...

Two Locals Indicted in Drug Overdose Death
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Two Locals Indicted in Drug Overdose Death July 17, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on July 16, 2025, a St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted 27-year-old Paige Andrews of Lacombe for second degree murder in connection with the...

St. Tammany Parish Rape Trial Halted By Defendant’s Change of Plea
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE St. Tammany Parish Rape Trial Halted By Defendant’s Change of Plea July 17, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports the trial of 36-year-old Brandon Cedric Jones of Lacombe on charges of second degree rape and sexual battery of a child was...

Franklinton Woman Indicted for Murder in Baby’s Death
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Franklinton Woman Indicted for Murder in Baby’s Death July 9, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on July 9, 2025, a Washington Parish grand jury indicted 25-year-old Autumn Victoria Hano Harper of Franklinton for first degree...

Mount Hermon Man Indicted for Murder in Fatal Shooting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mount Hermon Man Indicted for Murder in Fatal Shooting July 9, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on July 9, 2025, a Washington Parish grand jury indicted 34-year-old Jerry Charles Baker, Jr. of Mount Hermon for second degree...

Bank Robbery Nets Slidell Man 45 Years in Prison
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bank Robbery Nets Slidell Man 45 Years in Prison July 3, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on July 2, 2025, 50-year-old Herbert Davis of Slidell pled guilty to armed robbery with a firearm and was sentenced by Judge Vincent Lobello...