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Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Drug Distribution Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Drug Distribution Case February 7, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on February 4, 2025, a Washington Parish jury found 48-year-old Kendrick Lampley of Bogalusa guilty on two counts of distribution of...

Lacombe Man Indicted For Murder
LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lacombe Man Indicted For Murder February 7, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on January 30, 2025, a St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted 18-year-old Caleb Gasery for second degree murder relating...

Pearl River Couple Indicted For Sex Crimes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pearl River Couple Indicted For Sex Crimes February 7, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on January 30, 2025, a St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted 38-year-old Ashley Carambat and 37-year-old Steven Harden, both of Pearl River,...

Pearl River Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison After Jury’s Guilty Verdict in Sexual Abuse Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pearl River Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison After Jury’s Guilty Verdict in Sexual Abuse Case January 15, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on January 15, 2025, 37-year-old Steven Harden of Pearl River was sentenced by Judge...

Covington Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison In Child Pornography Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Covington Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison In Child Pornography Case January 9, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on January 8, 2025, 53-year-old Scott Gaskill of Covington was sentenced by Judge Richard Swartz to 15 years in...

Slidell Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison For Residential Break-in During Which Co-Perpetrator was Killed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Slidell Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison For Residential Break-in During Which Co-Perpetrator was Killed January 9, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on January 7, 2025, 40-year-old Stuart Pratt of Slidell was sentenced by Judge...

Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Teen’s Overdose Death Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Teen’s Overdose Death Case December 20, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on December 20, 2024, a St. Tammany Parish jury deliberated for slightly more than one hour before finding 43-year-old Felisia...

Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Murder of Franklinton Man
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Murder of Franklinton Man December 17, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on December 13, 2024, a Washington Parish jury found 23-year-old Elijah Jyquarius Nehemiah Williams of Amite guilty on all...

Two Former Employees Charged with Embezzling Public Funds from the Town of Abita Springs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Two Former Employees Charged with Embezzling Public Funds from the Town of Abita Springs December 11, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that 55-year-old Stacy Ludlow of Mandeville and 41-year-old Frederick Young of Abita Springs have...

Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison on Charges of Aggravated Crime Against Nature and Possession of Child Pornography
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison on Charges of Aggravated Crime Against Nature and Possession of Child Pornography December 6, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on December 4, 2024, 53-year-old Robert Daugherty of Franklinton was...