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St. Tammany Parish Jury Finds Honduran Man Guilty of Sexual Battery and Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE St. Tammany Parish Jury Finds Honduran Man Guilty of Sexual Battery and Indecent Behavior with a Juvenile April 19, 2024 COVINGTON – District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on April 17, 2024, after a 17-minute deliberation, a St. Tammany...
St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury Indicts Slidell Man For Murder Relating to Death of a 2-Year-Old Girl
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2024 St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury Indicts Slidell ManFor Murder Relating to Death of a 2-Year-Old Girl COVINGTON - District Attorney J. Collin Sims reports that on April 17, 2024, a St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted Christopher...
St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury Indicts Slidell Man for Rape of Young Child
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2024 St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury Indicts Slidell Man for Rape of Young Child COVINGTON - District Attorney J. Collin Sims reports that on April 17, 2024, a St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted Lenin Antonio Munoz-Rivera, age 32 of...
St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury Indicts Slidell Man For The Aggravated Rapes of Two Young Girls
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2024 St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury Indicts Slidell Man For The Aggravated Rapes of Two Young Girls COVINGTON - District Attorney J. Collin Sims reports that on April 17, 2024, a St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted Ahmad Hassan Smith,...
Covington Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Two Young Girls and Is Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Covington Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Two Young Girls and Is Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison March 21, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims (Interim) reports that on March 20, 2024, 43-year-old Tristian Foster of Covington, pled guilty to...
Madisonville Man Pleads Guilty to Domestic Violence Charges and Is Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison
Madisonville Man Pleads Guilty to Domestic Violence Charges and Is Sentenced to35 Years in Prison FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13, 2024 District Attorney Collin Sims (Interim) reports that on March 12, 2024, 33-year-old Tavaris Pam of Madisonville, pled guilty...
Bogalusa Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Second-Degree Murder
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bogalusa Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Second-Degree Murder March 6, 2024 FRANKLINTON—Interim District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on January 26, 2024, District Judge Alan Zaunbrecher sentenced Joseph Peoples, 32, of Bogalusa, to life...
Covington Man Found Guilty of Simple Burglary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COVINGTON MAN FOUND GUILTY OF SIMPLE BURGLARY March 8, 2024 COVINGTON – Interim District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on March 5, 2024, a six-person jury found Kenneth Primus, age 46, of Covington, guilty of Simple Burglary following a...
Jury Finds Man Guilty of Aggravated Rape of a Child and Molestation of a Juvenile
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JURY FINDS MAN GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED RAPE OF A CHILD AND MOLESTATION OF A JUVENILE March 8, 2024 COVINGTON—Interim District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on Thursday March 7, 2024, a 12-person jury in St. Tammany Parish found Harold A. Butler,...
Bogalusa Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Second-Degree Murder
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bogalusa Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Second-Degree Murder March 6, 2024 FRANKLINTON—Interim District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on January 26, 2024, District Judge Alan Zaunbrecher sentenced Joseph Peoples, 32, of Bogalusa, to life...