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Grand Jury Indicts 5 Former Deputies, 16 Inmates In Jail Rape and Beating
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 28, 2019 Grand Jury Indicts 5 Former Deputies, 16 Inmates In Jail Rape and Beating FRANKLINTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announced that a Washington Parish grand jury indicted five former deputies with the Washington Parish...

Slidell Man Gets 30 Years In Prison For Death of Mandeville Teen Who Smoked Mojo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announces that Jamie D. Cooper, 35, of Slidell, pleaded guilty Friday (Jan. 4) to negligent homicide and distribution of synthetic marijuana for providing the drugs that led to the death of a...

Former Mandeville Police Officer Found Guilty of Shoplifting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 20, 2018 Former Mandeville Police Officer Found Guilty of Shoplifting COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that Johnnie A. Sanders, 43, a former Mandeville Police Department officer, was found guilty Tuesday (December 19) of...

Grand Jury Indicts Slidell Man In Separate Rapes of Two Juvenile Girls
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted James Bishop, 67, of Slidell, Wednesday (Dec. 12) of two counts of aggravated rape of a victim under 13, two counts of...

Pearl River Man Gets 40 Years in Prison For Fatal Stabbing in Slidell
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 6, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announces that Joseph Adam Thibodeaux, 26, of Pearl River, pleaded guilty Wednesday (Dec. 5) to manslaughter and domestic violence aggravated assault for stabbing to death his former...

Three Men Plead Guilty And Get Jail Time In 2017 Mt. Hermon Shootings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 5, 2017 FRANKLINTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announced Wednesday (Dec 5) that three men involved in a shooting spree that damaged homes and property in the Mount Hermon area in April 2017 have pleaded guilty to nine counts of...

Breakfast with the Rotary Club of Northshore in Slidell
District Attorney Warren Montgomery enjoyed sharing the accomplishments of his administration today during a breakfast meeting of the Rotary Club of Northshore in Slidell.

DA Sponsors Field Trip to STPSO’s Special Ops Unit
The Pitcher Junior High Students who are participating in District Attorney Warren Montgomery’s Kids L.E.A.D. Program enjoyed a “really cool” field trip today to the St. Tammany Parish Special Operations Unit where they learned about specialized personnel units such...

Grand Jury Indicts Slidell Man on Charges of Raping 12-Year-Old Girl
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 14, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted Shawn A. Doucette, 33, of Slidell, Tuesday (Nov. 13) with two counts of first degree rape of a victim under 13. Doucette is accused...

Grand Jury Re-Indicts Slidell Man In Death of Teen from Synthetic Marijuana
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 14, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a St. Tammany Parish grand jury re-indicted Jamie D. Cooper, 34, of Slidell, Tuesday (Nov. 13) with second degree murder in the death of a teenager found unresponsive in a...