District Attorney Collin Sims announces that a St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury returned true bills today, indicting five individuals in connection with an extensive narcotics distribution network that funneled kilogram quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine from...

District Attorney Collin Sims announces that a St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury returned true bills today, indicting four men for the 1982 rape and murder of 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp. The indictments are the result of an intensive investigation by the District...

District Attorney Collin Sims announces that a St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury returned a true bill today, indicting Keyoka Motley, 39, of Slidell, Louisiana, on the following charge: 1 Count of Theft Valued at $25,000 or More The charge stems from activity occurring...

District Attorney Collin Sims announces that a St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury returned true bills today, indicting two individuals on multiple felony charges involving victims under the age of thirteen. Vernon Lee Taylor, Jr., 33, of Mandeville, Louisiana, was indicted...

District Attorney Collin Sims announces that on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 41-year-old Deontrel Jermane Jackson of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced to 99 years at hard labor. The sentence follows Jackson’s March 2026 conviction by a St. Tammany Parish jury for Aggravated...

District Attorney Collin Sims announces that on Friday, May 8, 2026, Amanda Lynn Flocke, 40, of Covington, Louisiana, a first-time offender, pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute 28 to 250 grams of Fentanyl. Flocke received a significant 30-year...

District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, Lenin Antonio Munoz-Rivera, 34, of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced for the commission of multiple counts of sexual abuse involving a child. The Honorable Judge Richard Swartz sentenced...

Today, with the agreement of the victims’ families, Antonio Tyson entered pleas of guilty to two counts of first‑degree murder and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with the murders of Ms. Ruth Prats and Father Otis Young. Sentencing has been scheduled...

District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on April 29, 2026, Joshua Michael Delaughter, 32, of Pearl River, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The mandatory life sentence was handed down by the Honorable Richard A. Swartz following...

District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, a St. Tammany Parish jury found 48-year-old James Spikes, Jr., of Bogalusa, Louisiana, guilty of felony charges related to narcotics trafficking and illegal weapon possession. Following a trial...