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District Attorney Warren Montgomery Attends Gulf Coast Elder Abuse Conference
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 Speaks at St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce
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"...
St. Tammany Jury Convicts Lacombe Man, 57, of Aggravated Rape and Sexual Battery
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...
Covington Office Manager Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
COVINGTON—A 35-year-old office manager who embezzled about $135,000 from a Covington medical clinic was ordered Monday (June 22) by District Judge Reginald T. Badeaux to repay the stolen money or face up to 10 years in prison. Badeaux gave the defendant, Shantel...
Pearl River Man Gets 30 Years in Prison for Molesting 6-year-old
COVINGTON— Thirty-nine-year-old Joshua D. Liner, of Pearl River, was sentenced Monday (June 22) to 30 years in prison for molesting a 6-year-old girl. Judge Allison Penzato sentenced Liner, who had been convicted of sexual battery June 4 by a St. Tammany Parish jury....
Former New Orleans Police Officer Pleads Guilty in High-Speed Causeway Chase
COVINGTON—Former veteran New Orleans police officer Gary J. Calico pled guilty Thursday (June 18) to aggravated flight from an officer and aggravated obstruction of a highway in an incident that involved a high-speed chase on the Causeway bridge in St. Tammany Parish...
St. Tammany Jury Convicts Man of Beating Wife, Despite Her Testimony for Him
COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish jury convicted Maurice Jackson, 28, of second-degree battery Thursday (June 18) for severely beating his 35-year-old wife, who had tried to stop the prosecution and testified on his behalf during the trial. Jackson, of Slidell, faces up...
71-year-old Man Gets 40 Years in Prison for Molesting 7-year-old Girl
COVINGTON—A 71-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison for molesting a 7-year-old girl repeatedly during the first three months of 2012. The defendant, Lovic Cotton, who lived in Sun, was sentenced Thursday (June 18) by Judge August Hand to 40 years in...
Covington Man Convicted of Aggravated Rape and Sexual Battery
COVINGTON—A St. Tammany Parish jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts Wednesday (June 17) against a 29-year-old Covington man on two counts of aggravated rape and three counts of sexual battery for multiple incidents involving a girl who was under 13 years old. The...
Washington Parish Man Faces Life in Prison for Aggravated Rape
FRANKLINTON—An 18-year-old Washington Parish man faces life in prison for aggravated rape and up to 50 more years for attempted aggravated rape in incidents involving three girls, who were ages 10, 7, and 5 when the abuse was discovered. The defendant, Bradley...