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Covington Woman Gets Life In Prison For Raping Child Over Several Years
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2019 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announces that Sandra E. Gaines, 39, of Covington, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday (May 15) for repeatedly raping a child under age 13 with another adult over...

Slidell Man Gets 175 Years in Prison for Aggravated Crime Against Nature and Child Pornography
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 3rd, 2019 Slidell Man Gets 175 Years in Prison for Aggravated Crime Against Nature and Child Pornography COVINGTON - District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that David Allen Hammond Jr., 40, of Slidell, was sentenced Friday (May 3) to a...

Mandeville Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Possession
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2019 Mandeville Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Possession COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that Mark H. Anglin, Jr., 34, of Mandeville, pleaded guilty Tuesday (April 30) to possession of heroin. District Judge Scott...

Grand Jury Indicts Covington Woman On Traffic Violations In Motorcycle Death
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 17, 2019 Grand Jury Indicts Covington Woman On Traffic Violations In Motorcycle Death COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announces that a St. Tammany Parish grand jury decided Wednesday (April 17) to indict Jennifer P. Robinson...

Pearl River Man Gets Life in Prison For Killing Ex-Wife and Her Boyfriend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 8, 2019 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that Jason Matthew Magee, 39, of Pearl River, was sentenced Monday (April 8) to spend the rest of his life in prison for shooting his estranged wife and her boyfriend to death in...

Jury Convicts Franklinton Man of Manslaughter in 2016 Shooting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2019 FRANKLINTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a Washington Parish jury found Demario G. Warren, 33, of Franklinton, guilty Thursday (April 3) of manslaughter and two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. He...

Jury Convicts Franklinton Man In Highway Incident Involving Wife
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2019 FRANKLINTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a Washington Parish jury found Gregory S. Stafford, 25, of Franklinton, guilty Tuesday (April 2) of aggravated obstruction of a highway. He was taken to jail and, as a...

Congrats! 1st Graduating Class of Veterans Court
Congratulations to the first class of six graduates from the 22nd Judicial District’s Veterans Court. The entire Veterans Court team, particularly District Judge Raymond Childress, who presides over the court, and Assistant District Attorney Darrell Sims, have done an...

DA Montgomery speaks to students in Slidell – “The Role of Freedom of Speech”
District Attorney Warren Montgomery enjoyed talking to students in the Advanced Placement U.S. Government Course at Pope John Paul II High School in Slidell last Thursday. The discussion was part of the students’ civics project in which they discussed with elected...

Jury Convicts Stepson of Shooting Father To Death in 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 2019 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announces that a St. Tammany Parish jury found Daniel T. Hamilton, 19, guilty Friday (March 29) of second degree murder for shooting his stepfather to death in their Covington home in...