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Habitual Offender Gets Life Sentence for Raping Carnival Worker
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 26, 2016 COVINGTON— District Judge Scott Gardner sentenced Alvin Davis, 57, of Slidell, as an habitual offender to life in prison Monday (Sept. 26) for raping a 21-year-old woman who was part of a traveling carnival in 2014. A St. Tammany...

Covington Man Pleads Guilty to 79 Counts of Child Pornography
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 26, 2016 COVINGTON—Christopher Cote, 33, of Covington, pleaded guilty Thursday (Sept. 22) to 79 counts of child pornography, which was discovered during an undercover investigation last year. District Judge Peter J. Garcia sentenced Cote to...

D.A. Montgomery on Ringside Politics radio station WGSO
09/22/2016 District Attorney Warren Montgomery was a guest on Ringside Politics with Jeff Crouere this morning. Please listen below at 136.06. http://wgso.com/podcast/jeff/jeff092216.mp3

Slidell Man Pleads Guilty to Double Shooting in 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 21, 2016 COVINGTON—Rhamad R. Jackson, 27, of Slidell, pleaded guilty Monday (Sept. 19) to two counts of manslaughter and one count of burglary of an inhabited dwelling for shooting two men and burglarizing the home of one of them nearly six...

District Attorney Warren Montgomery’s Statement on Civil Suit Ruling
I appreciate the time, effort, and commitment the judge gave to this case. It was important to me that my obligations under the law to serve as the legal adviser to parish government be clarified by the court. My conscience is clear that I did the right thing in...

Warren Montgomery speaks on the Lake 94.7
DA Warren Montgomery had the pleasure of being a guest on the Lake 94.7 on September 15, 2016. He talked about staff, some of the cases they are working on, and the dangers of drugs in our community. Listen below....

Bogalusa Man Interrupts Attempted Murder Trial to Plead Guilty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 19, 2016 Bogalusa Man Interrupts Attempted Murder Trial to Plead Guilty FRANKLINTON—Marcus Bullock, 31, of Bogalusa, pleaded guilty Thursday (Sept. 15) to two counts of attempted murder and one count of being a felon with a firearm for...

Mandeville Man Found Guilty of Aggravated Second-Degree Battery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 19, 2016 Mandeville Man Found Guilty of Aggravated Second-Degree Battery COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish jury convicted Hardy Cornwell, 48, of Mandeville, of aggravated second-degree battery and attempted false imprisonment Thursday (Sept....

District Attorney’s Criminal Division Chief Receives Top FBI Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 15, 2016 Collin Sims, Criminal Division Chief under District Attorney Warren Montgomery, received the 2016 FBI Directors Award Thursday (Sept. 15) in Washington, D.C., for his work as part of a team that investigated and prosecuted the...

St. Tammany Parish School System Makes Donation to Flood Victims
Congratulations to the St. Tammany Parish school system, which collected more than $132,000 in money and gift cards and more than 55 pallets of school supplies (worth an estimated $200,000) to assist families and schoolchildren affected by the recent historic flooding...