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D.A. Warren Montgomery’s Response to Councilman Michael Lorino’s Comments
At the St. Tammany Parish Council meeting last night (Aug. 4), District 4 Councilman Michael Lorino, Jr., made a comment regarding the civil litigation between parish government and the District Attorney’s Office. Mr. Lorino said in part “it takes two to mediate…and...
Bogalusa Man Gets 50 Years in Prison for Robbing and Shooting Man
COVINGTON—Demetric Q. Sowell, 24, of Bogalusa, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence for attempted first degree murder, armed robbery, and armed robbery with a firearm. District Judge Richard A....
Slidell Man Gets 60 Years in Prison for Manslaughter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2016 COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish judge sentenced Michael G. Smith, Jr., 24, of Slidell, to 60 years in prison Tuesday (July 19) for shooting to death the son of his father’s girlfriend. District Judge Reginald T. Badeaux issued the...
Man Who Killed Girlfriend’s Husband in Covington Gets Life Sentence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2016 COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish judge sentenced Carlos Rodriguez, 45, formerly of Kenner, to a mandatory life sentence Thursday (July 7) for carrying out a plot with his girlfriend to kill her husband in 2009. Rodriguez had been found...
ICYMI – Plans for Safe Haven Campus in Mandeville Rolled Out
District Attorney Warren Montgomery joined Parish President Pat Brister and other public officials this week at a town hall meeting, where plans were unveiled for the parish’s Safe Haven campus in Mandeville. Safe Haven, which will be housed on the grounds of the old...
Jury Finds Slidell Man Guilty of Raping Carnival Worker
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2016 COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish jury found Alvin Davis, 56, of Slidell, guilty Thursday (June 23) of raping a 21-year-old woman who was part of a traveling carnival in 2014. Davis, a candidate for sentencing under the state’s...
Bogalusa Man Gets 15 Years for Indecent Behavior with a 6-year-old Girl
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2016 FRANKLINTON—Bobby K. Harris, 44, of Bogalusa, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for indecent behavior with a juvenile under 13. District Judge Richard Swartz issued the sentence Monday (June 20), after Harris pleaded guilty...
Mississippi Man Gets 10 Years for Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash over Middle Pearl River
COVINGTON—Daniel Coy, 26, of Gulfport, received the maximum sentence of five years in prison Monday (June 20) for negligent homicide for causing a crash last year that killed the driver of an 18-wheeler over the Middle Pearl River near Slidell. District Judge Ad Hoc...
Jury Convicts Slidell Man of Drug Charges
COVINGTON—Alfred Simmons, 39, of Slidell, faces from 20 years to life in prison as an habitual offender after a St. Tammany Parish jury convicted him last week of possessing cocaine and marijuana. The jury deliberated about a half-hour on Thursday (June 2), before...
4 STPPS Students Win National Merit Scholarships
The District Attorney's office would like to congratulate the four St. Tammany Parish Public School System students who were recently honored as National Merit Scholarship winners. In the photos above are Northshore High National Merit Scholarship Winners (left...