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Arkansas Man, 83, Charged With Raping 11-Year-Old Girl in Franklinton
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 29, 2018 FRANKLINTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a Washington Parish grand jury indicted Clyde Waymon Williams, 83, of Monette, Arkansas, Tuesday (Aug. 28) on charges of first degree rape of a victim under 13 and sexual...

Jury Convicts Slidell Man of Molesting Two Teen Girls
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 24, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announces that a St. Tammany Parish jury convicted Earnest C. Diaz, Jr., 45, of Slidell, Thursday (Aug. 23) of two counts of molestation of a juvenile where the offender had control or...

District Attorney’s Office Launches Legal Education Program With St. Tammany School
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery’s Office launched a new legal education program at William Pitcher Junior High School today (Aug. 24) in partnership with St. Tammany Parish Schools to teach schoolchildren about the...

Lacombe Man Who Raped Juvenile Gets 99 Years In Prison
August 21, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announces that James Matthew Cole, 64, of Lacombe, was sentenced Monday (August 20) to 99 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed, for sexual battery of a victim under 13. District Judge Scott Gardner...

Woman Gets Life Sentence For Killing Best Friend’s Fiancé
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 17, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that Margaret Stockstill, 33, of Franklinton, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday (August 16) for killing her best friend’s fiancé. A St. Tammany Parish...

Former St. Tammany Deputy Pleads Guilty to Distributing Marijuana and Malfeasance
August 15, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Kenneth Szalajeski, 36, of Folsom, pleaded guilty Wednesday (August 15) to two counts of distribution of marijuana and two counts of malfeasance in...

Jury Finds Lacombe Man Guilty of Raping a Juvenile
August 13, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announces that a St. Tammany Parish jury found James Matthew Cole, 64, of Lacombe, guilty Friday of second degree rape, molestation of a juvenile, and sexual battery of a victim under 13. He faces 25 to 99...

DA Montgomery at Folsom Junior High
District Attorney Warren Montgomery joined the staff at Folsom Junior High School Wednesday morning for a community breakfast. Thanks to Principal Amy Barrow and Assistant Principal Kenita Nicoulin for the warm welcome.

Jury Finds Lacombe Man Guilty of Raping Mandeville Woman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a St. Tammany Parish jury found Ronald D. Moore, Jr., 26, of Lacombe, guilty Thursday evening of first degree rape and aggravated burglary for breaking into a Mandeville...

D.A. Montgomery at United Way RB&R Event!
District Attorney Warren Montgomery had a blast, eating beans and shaking hands at the United Way’s Annual Red Beans’N Rice Cook-Off yesterday in Slidell.