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Franklinton Man Who Raped 5-year-old Girl Gets Life Sentence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 12, 2017 FRANKLINTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that Lance Grandison, 32, of Franklinton, has been sentenced to mandatory life in prison for raping a 5-year-old...
Washington Parish Grand Jury Indicts Two Men on Rape Charges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2017 FRANKLINTON—A Washington Parish grand jury indicted two men Tuesday (Aug. 29) in separate rape cases. The defendants and their charges are as follows: Gary W. Mayfield, 64, of...
Jury Finds Memory-Care Facility’s Cook Guilty of Raping Resident
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 11, 2017 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a St. Tammany Parish jury found Jerry Kan, 59, a former cook at a memory-care facility in Mandeville, guilty Thursday (Aug. 10) of...
Jury Finds Franklinton Man Guilty of Raping 5-year-old Girl
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2017 Jury Finds Franklinton Man Guilty of Raping 5-year-old Girl FRANKLINTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a Washington Parish jury found Lance Grandison, 32, of Franklinton, guilty Aug. 10 of raping a 5-year-old...
Grand Jury Indicts Covington Man on Rape, Child Pornography
Aug. 14, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted Jackson Richard Miller, 49, of Covington, Monday of 164 counts of pornography involving juveniles, first degree...
D.A. speaks at Expungement Clinic
District Attorney Warren Montgomery and Sonjanita Jordan, President of the New Orleans Paralegal Association, were among those who participated in the “Know Your Rights” expungement clinic, sponsored by Louisiana United International and the NAACP on July 15 in...
Slidell Man Convicted of First Degree Robbery and Obstruction of Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2017 Slidell Man Convicted of First Degree Robbery and Obstruction of Justice COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that Kyran Javon Vaughn, 20, of Slidell, was convicted Friday (July 21) of first degree robbery and...
Jury Finds Lacombe Man Guilty of Armed Robbery
COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a St. Tammany Parish jury found Kendell Cagler, 36, of Lacombe, guilty last Thursday (July 20) of armed robbery and being a convicted felon with a firearm for stealing a car from a woman in 2015. Cagler, who...
Grand Jury Indicts Slidell Dad with First Degree Murder in Infant’s Death
COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted Anthony Dearmas, 25, of Slidell, with first degree murder Thursday (July 20) in the death of his 7-week-old son in May. The baby had been left in Dearmas’ care and was...
DA Blood Drive for Steve Scalise
District Attorney Warren Montgomery is sponsoring a blood drive for Congressman Steve Scalise. Thursday, July 27th from 11:30 - 3:30 701 N. Columbia Street - Covington Blood Center Bus - South Side Congressman Steve Scalise is now in fair condition after having...