FRANKLINTON—A Washington Parish jury found Warren Gonzales, 33, of Pearl River, guilty Wednesday (July 22) of six counts of drug possession, resulting from a police traffic stop in January, when officers discovered heroin, morphine, hydrocodone, and other prescription...

FRANKLINTON—Sixty-three-year-old Bobby Duncan pled guilty Monday to a host of charges stemming from a 2013 incident in Mount Hermon, when he attacked his elderly mother, shot at a family friend trying to help her, set the family’s home on fire, and then shot at...

FRANKLINTON—Former Bogalusa City Council member Daniel D. Stogner pled guilty Monday (July 20) to aggravated assault of a police officer for an incident last year when he pointed a gun at officers who responded to his call about a disturbance at his home. Judge...

COVINGTON—Rigoberto Ventura, 57, was sentenced Monday (July 13) to life in prison for the aggravated rape of a boy, who was 5 years old when the abuse started. District Judge Scott C. Gardner also sentenced Ventura, who lived in Lacombe, to 50 years in prison for the...

COVINGTON— Robert C. Flowers, 29, of Covington, has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole for multiple incidents of aggravated rape and sexual battery of a girl who was younger than 13 years old. Judge Raymond...

COVINGTON—Raheem Willis, 22, of Slidell, pled guilty Tuesday (July 14) to attempted second degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm for his role in an August 2013 incident that led to the shooting death of a 28-year-old man. Judge Peter J....

COVINGTON—A sentencing hearing has been set for July 27 for Bobby Isidore, 21, of Slidell, who was convicted last week of second degree murder. Isidore’s conviction carries a mandatory life sentence. A St. Tammany Parish jury deliberated about 1 ½ hours on Thursday...

District Attorney Warren Montgomery recently attended the Gulf Coast Elder Abuse Conference, held at the Northshore Harbor Center in Slidell.  The annual conference is sponsored by St. Tammany SALT (Seniors And Law Enforcement Together). It featured as speakers...

District Attorney Warren Montgomery was the keynote speaker at the St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce Wednesday (June 24) at Beau Chêne Country Club.  The event was sponsored by Humana. [gallery link="none" size="large" ttfmake_slider="true"...

COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish jury unanimously found Rigoberto Ventura, 57, guilty Wednesday (June 24) of aggravated rape for sexually abusing a boy, from age 5 to about 10, on multiple occasions and sexual battery for molesting a girl, then 7 or 8. Ventura, who...