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Teen’s Testimony Against Her Third Sexual Assaulter Results in Guilty Verdict in Rape Trial
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...
Second Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Teen’s Overdose Death Case
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....
Slidell Woman Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Role in Drug Overdose Death of Fellow Inmate
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...
Folsom Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing 7-month-old Son
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...
Ponchatoula Man Indicted For Murder
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...
Pearl River Man Convicted of Sexual Assault on Young Girl
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...
Pearl River Man Convicted of Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pearl River Man Convicted of Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile March 29, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on March 28, 2025, a St. Tammany Parish jury returned a guilty verdict against 48-year-old Lawrence Burt of Pearl River who...
Folsom Man Convicted of First Degree Murder in Killing of 7-Month Old Son
March 28, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on March 27, 2025, a St. Tammany Parish jury found 32-year-old Corey Nauck, Sr. guilty of First Degree Murder. Assistant District Attorneys Iain Dover and Angelina Valuri presented the case to the jury...
Ponchatoula Woman Convicted of Vehicular Homicide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ponchatoula Woman Convicted of Vehicular Homicide March 28, 2025 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on March 25, 2025, 26-year-old Kendall Morris of Ponchatoula was found guilty of Vehicular Homicide, First degree vehicular negligent...
District Attorney’s Office Expands Opioid Initiative, Strengthens Regional Collaboration
Since its launch on July 8, 2024, the District Attorney’s Office has laid a strong foundation for the Opioid Initiative, a comprehensive effort aimed at combating the opioid epidemic through law enforcement collaboration and intelligence-sharing. What began as a...