FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Hampshire Man Sentenced to 135 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Washington Parish Boy May 29, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on May 20, 2025, 28-year-old Benjamin Hart was sentenced to 135 years in prison for the sexual...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON PARISH JURY FINDS MAN GUILTY OF RAPING TWO CHILDREN May 23, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on May 22, 2025, a Washington Parish jury returned guilty verdicts against 56-year-old Shannon Polkey of Franklinton after...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mandeville Man Found Guilty on 500 Counts of Child Pornography May 23, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on May 15, 2025, following a bench trial, Judge Ellen Creel found 38-year-old Jason Quinn Lee of Mandeville guilty on all...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bogalusa Man Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison For Dealing Cocaine May 20, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on May 16, 2025, 48-year-old Kendrick Lampley of Bogalusa was sentenced by Judge William H. Burris to 60 years in prison for...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Teen’s Testimony Against Her Third Sexual Assaulter Results in Guilty Verdict in Rape Trial May 12, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on May 9, 2025, a St. Tammany Parish jury deliberated 90 minutes before finding 57-year-old...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Second Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Teen’s Overdose Death Case May 9, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on May 8, 2025, a St. Tammany Parish jury deliberated just 35 minutes before unanimously finding 23-year-old Alvin Laurant Jr....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Slidell Woman Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Role in Drug Overdose Death of Fellow Inmate April 28, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on April 21, 2025, 40-year-old Sarah Blackmon of Slidell was sentenced by Judge Alan Black to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Folsom Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing 7-month-old Son April 21, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on April 16, 2025, Judge William H. Burris sentenced 32-year-old Corey Nauck, Sr. of Folsom to life in prison for the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ponchatoula Man Indicted For Murder April 16, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on April 16, 2025, a St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted 20-year-old Osmer Noel Villalta-Lopez for second degree murder and obstruction of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pearl River Man Convicted of Sexual Assault on Young Girl April 14, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on April 10, 2025, a St. Tammany Parish jury found 35-year-old Ryan Pellegrin of Pearl River guilty of attempted aggravated crime...