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Bogalusa Woman Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Production of Child Pornography and Other Sex Related Charges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bogalusa Woman Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Production of Child Pornography and Other Sex Related Charges August 20, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that 51-year-old Angela Dawn Holloway Austin of Bogalusa...
Virginia Woman Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison on Drug Trafficking Charges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Virginia Woman Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison on Drug Trafficking Charges August 21, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on August 20, 2024, Judge Vincent Lobello sentenced 32-year-old Precious Hicks of South Hill, Virginia to...
Franklinton Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Manslaughter
Franklinton Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Manslaughter August 20, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on August 19, 2024, 22-year-old Dae’von Jamerea Odom Gay of Franklinton was sentenced to forty (40) years in prison...
St. Tammany Jury Finds Slidell Man Guilty of Manslaughter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE St. Tammany Jury Finds Slidell Man Guilty of Manslaughter in the Fatal Shooting of Co-Worker at Hyundai Auto Dealership August 19, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on August 16, 2024, a St. Tammany Parish jury deliberated for...
Mandeville Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison For Sexually Assaulting Young Girl
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mandeville Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison For Sexually Assaulting Young Girl August 12, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on August 12, 2024, 49-year-old Colby Shane Maye of Mandeville was sentenced to 25 years in prison...
Jury Finds New Orleans Sex Offender Guilty of Failing to Notify Slidell Residents of His Move to Slidell
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jury Finds New Orleans Sex Offender Guilty of Failing to Notify Slidell Residents of His Move to Slidell August 7, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on August 6, 2024, a St. Tammany Parish jury deliberated for 15 minutes before...
Angie Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment Plus 50 Years For Violent Crime Spree in Bogalusa
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Angie Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment Plus 50 Years For Violent Crime Spree in Bogalusa August 5, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on August 5, 2024, Judge Ellen Creel sentenced 21-year-old Andrew Pernell of Angie after a jury...
Jury Finds Picayune Man Guilty of Raping Young Girl
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jury Finds Picayune Man Guilty of Raping Young Girl August 2, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on August 2, 2024, a St. Tammany Parish jury deliberated approximately two hours before returning guilty verdicts against 68-year-old...
Jury Finds Slidell Man Guilty of Distributing Fentanyl
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jury Finds Slidell Man Guilty of Distributing Fentanyl July 21, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on July 19, 2024, a St. Tammany Parish jury deliberated less than an hour before returning guilty verdicts against 43-year-old...
Lacombe Man Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Lacombe Man Guilty of Second Degree Murder In Case Involving Body Dumped in Santa Rosa County, Florida July 12, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on July 12, 2024, a St. Tammany Parish jury deliberated for less than an hour before returning guilty...