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District Attorney Collin Sims Announces Triple Jury Convictions Against Violent Offenders and Career Criminals
District Attorney Collin Sims announces a major week of justice for St. Tammany Parish, as three separate juries returned guilty verdicts against repeat offenders for crimes ranging from a brutal jailhouse battery to a near-execution during a vehicle repossession and...
Antoine Massey Sentenced to 60 Years Without Parole for Brutal Kidnapping and Rape of Former Girlfriend
District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on February 12, 2026, Antoine Massey was sentenced to a total of 60 years in prison by the Honorable Judge Alan M. Black. The sentencing follows Massey’s December 2025 conviction by a unanimous St. Tammany Parish jury on...
Washington Parish Jury Finds Keldric Harry Guilty of Second Degree Murder in Bogalusa High School Shooting
District Attorney Collin Sims announces that on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, a Washington Parish jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict against 18-year-old Keldric Harry of Bogalusa, Louisiana for the January 2024 shooting that claimed the life of a 14-year-old and...
Marrio Haynes, Jr. Sentenced to Life Plus 60 Years for 2023 Lacombe Ambush Murder
District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on Monday, February 2, 2026, 27-year-old Marrio Haynes, Jr. of Covington, Louisiana was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 60 years following his conviction for the 2023 murder of 23-year-old Juwarren Martin. The...
George Starks Sentenced to Life for Child Rape and Sexual Battery
District Attorney Collin Sims announces that today, George Starks, 32, of Pearl River, Louisiana, was sentenced to a mandatory term of life imprisonment for the brutal rape and sexual battery of a child. The sentencing follows a December 2025 conviction where a St....
Slidell Man Sentenced to 50 Years Following Fentanyl and Cocaine Related Death of 2-Year-Old Niece
District Attorney Collin Sims announces that on January 15, 2026, Christopher Mikhail Baker, 33, of Slidell, was sentenced to 50 years in prison following a plea agreement. The proceedings took place in the 22nd Judicial District Court, Division D, before the...
St. Tammany Parish Jury Finds Pearl River Man Guilty of Attempted Second Degree Murder in Slidell Beach Stabbing
District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on January 15, 2026, a St. Tammany Parish jury found Joshua Michael Delaughter, 31, of Pearl River, guilty of Attempted Second Degree Murder. The proceedings were held in the 22nd Judicial District Court, Division C, before...
Washington Parish Grand Jury Indicts Troy Scott Jordan for 2017 Second-Degree Murder
District Attorney Collin Sims announces that a Washington Parish Grand Jury has officially indicted Troy Scott Jordan, 59, of Franklinton, for the 2017 murder of Donna Arceneaux. The indictment, handed down today, January 14, 2026, formally charges Jordan with one...
Slidell Woman Sentenced to 25 Years for Fentanyl Distribution Following 22nd JDC Opioid Initiative Investigation
District Attorney Collin Sims announced today that Yantrel Tyner (also known as Yantrel McCartney), 25, of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced to 25 years in the Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to a litany of narcotics and obstruction charges. Following...
St. Tammany Grand Jury Returns Indictments in Two Separate Murder Cases, Including Death of a Toddler
District Attorney Collin Sims reports that a St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury has indicted two individuals in two separate and unrelated violent crime cases. The indictments include charges of First Degree Murder and Second Degree Murder stemming from incidents occurring...