Jury Finds Slidell Man Guilty of Raping Carnival Worker

Jun 24, 2016 | News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2016 COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish jury found Alvin Davis, 56, of Slidell, guilty Thursday (June 23) of raping a 21-year-old woman who was part of a traveling carnival in 2014. Davis, a candidate for sentencing under the state’s...

Bogalusa Man Gets 15 Years for Indecent Behavior with a 6-year-old Girl

Jun 24, 2016 | News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2016 FRANKLINTON—Bobby K. Harris, 44, of Bogalusa, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for indecent behavior with a juvenile under 13. District Judge Richard Swartz issued the sentence Monday (June 20), after Harris pleaded guilty...

Mississippi Man Gets 10 Years for Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash over Middle Pearl River

Jun 21, 2016 | News

COVINGTON—Daniel Coy, 26, of Gulfport, received the maximum sentence of five years in prison Monday (June 20) for negligent homicide for causing a crash last year that killed the driver of an 18-wheeler over the Middle Pearl River near Slidell. District Judge Ad Hoc...

Jury Convicts Slidell Man of Drug Charges

Jun 10, 2016 | News

COVINGTON—Alfred Simmons, 39, of Slidell, faces from 20 years to life in prison as an habitual offender after a St. Tammany Parish jury convicted him last week of possessing cocaine and marijuana. The jury deliberated about a half-hour on Thursday (June 2), before...

4 STPPS Students Win National Merit Scholarships

Jun 1, 2016 | Community, News

  The District Attorney’s office would like to congratulate the four St. Tammany Parish Public School System students who were recently honored as National Merit Scholarship winners. In the photos above are Northshore High National Merit Scholarship Winners...