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Mount Hermon Man Could Face Life in Prison for Operating Meth Lab
FRANKLINTON—Glenn Guyn, 49, of Mount Hermon, faces 30 years to life in prison after his conviction Tuesday (Oct. 13) by a Washington Parish jury on charges that he was operating a methamphetamine lab. District Judge Richard A. Swartz, Jr., is scheduled to sentence...

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Two Bogalusa Girls Decades Ago
FRANKLINTON—George W. Stogner, 58, of Huntington, Texas, pled guilty Wednesday to four counts of forcible rape, one count of aggravated incest and two counts of aggravated oral sexual battery for abuse he committed while he was living in Bogalusa in the late 1980s and...

District Attorney Warren Montgomery Gives Special Award to Local Judge and NAMI
COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery presented special awards Wednesday (Oct. 7) to District Judge Peter J. Garcia and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) St. Tammany for their work on behalf of people with mental illness in the criminal justice...

Jury Finds Mandeville Man, 40, Guilty in Decade-old Molestation Case
COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish jury found Paul J. Lambert, 40, of Mandeville, guilty Thursday (Oct. 1) of molesting and physically abusing a girl who was 10 years old when the incidents occurred in 2005. Lambert, who had been out on bond since shortly after his 2008...

Former Pearl River Mayor Pleads Guilty to Malfeasance in Office, Other Charges
COVINGTON—Former Pearl River Mayor James E. Lavigne, 75, pled guilty Monday to malfeasance in office, theft over $500, and two misdemeanors, stemming from a state legislative audit that showed he used his office to benefit personally. District Judge Raymond Childress...

St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury Indicts Foster Mom in Toddler’s Death
COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted Trenique C. Faciane, 41, of Lacombe, of second degree murder Tuesday (Sept. 15) in the death of her 22-month-old foster child. Faciane’s arraignment hearing is set for Sept. 21 before District Judge J. William Knight....

Madisonville Man Found Guilty of Raping 4-year-old Boy
COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish jury found James. R. Eley, 33, of Madisonville, guilty Thursday (Sept. 10) of the aggravated rape of a boy who was 4 years old when the incident occurred in April 2012. Eley faces up to life in prison. Assistant District Attorney Jay...

Former Southeast Louisiana Hospital to be “Safe Haven”
District Attorney Warren Montgomery was among the public officials who stood with St. Tammany Parish President Pat Brister Tuesday (Sept. 1) as she gave an overview of the parish’s plans for the former Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville. Brister said the...

Former Pearl River Town Clerk Pleads Guilty to Theft and Other Charges
COVINGTON—Former Pearl River town clerk Diane Bennett Hollie pled guilty Thursday (Sept. 3), just before she was set to go to trial on a series of charges, including felony theft, related to an investigation last year by the state legislative auditor. District Judge...

DA Warren Montgomery Presents Outstanding Service Award
District Attorney Warren Montgomery presented an outstanding service award Tuesday morning to retired Constable Tilman “Pete” King, 82, of Bush. King worked 39 years (from 1975 to 2014) as a Justice of the Peace and Constable for Ward 2 in St. Tammany Parish. King...