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Mike Sanders: June 2008 Archives(HAMMOND)---A Ponchatoula man has been arrested and charged in connection with a case where he allegedly fled from a deputy, tossed away a sizeable amount of money, and left a half-ounce of crack cocaine inside his vehicle, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office. Tangipahoa Chief Deputy Dennis Pevey reports that 25-year-old Charles Quinton Williams has been charged with possession with the intent to distribute crack cocain... (NEW ORLEANS)---A federal grand jury has indicted a Slidell man on child pornography charges even as he is in custody for possible immigration violations, according to U. S. Attorney Jim Letten. Letten reports that if convicted, 32-year-old Agegnehu Tsega faces a maximum penalty of 10 years, up to a lifetime term of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and required registration as a sex offender. According to Letten, the indict...
(GREENSBURG)---Detectives with the Louisiana State Police South District say that they have arrested a St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office deputy in connection with an investigation surrounding the alleged rape of a juvenile. State Police TFC Louis Calato reports that 39-year-old Jessie Hughes of Pine Grove has been charged with aggravated rape and molestation of a juvenile. TFC Calato adds that shortly after his arrest, on Thursday, J...
(HAMMOND)---The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a Greenwell Springs woman who is wanted on charges of simple burglary and two counts of theft by fraud. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that 31-year-old Tonya Larri Garrett is wanted in connection with a vehicle burglary in Loranger and the use of stolen credit cards in Hammond. Sheriff Edwards says that if anyone has ...
(LIVINGSTON)---After deliberating for two hours, a Livingston Parish jury has found a New Orleans man guilty of second degree murder, armed robbery, and attempted armed robbery stemming from a 2005 incident in Albany, according to Livingston District Attorney Scott Perrilloux. Perrilloux reports that upon sentencing on July 17, 21-year-old Medjoure Chefney faces a mandatory second degree murder sentence of life imprisonment at hard lab...
(PONCXHATOULA)---The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office reports that seven suspects have been arrested, and another remains at-large, in connection with a methamphetamine investigation that began in the Ponchatoula area and eventually ended with arrests in the Tickfaw area, as well. Tangipahoa Chief Deputy Dennis Pevey reports that 37-year-old Donald Cutrer and 32-year-old Tina Howze Sanders, both of Ponchatoula, were charged with oper... (NEW ORLEANS)---A Hammond woman pled guilty on Wednesday, June 25, to federal charges that she submitted fraudulent applications for financial assistance from the American Red Cross after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to U. S. Attorney Jim Letten. Letten reports that 43-year-old Debra McGowan faces a maximum term of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on three counts of mail fraud charges when her sentencing occurs...
(DENHAM SPRINGS)---For the second time this year, a major specialty chemicals company is moving its headquarters from another state to Louisiana, according to Gov. Bobby Jindal. Rhode Island-based Bercen, Inc. will not only move its headquarters, but also its research and development labs, to Livingston Parish near Denham Springs. Gov. Jindal says that upon completing its move from Cranston, Rhode Island, to Louisiana, Bercen offici... (NEW ORLEANS)---An Amite woman has been sentenced by a New Orleans federal judge in connection with a case where she allegedly prepared fraudulent tax returns totaling more than $117,800 for several taxpayers, according to the U. S. Attorney's Office. U. S. Attorney Jim Letten reports that 56-year-old Elaine Mitchell was sentenced to five months of incarceration, five months of home detention, three years of supervised release, restitu...
(LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN)---In an attempt to learn the effects, if any, of the recent opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway on several types of fish in Lake Pontchartrain, the University of New Orleans is joining with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Nekton Research Laboratory to closely monitor the lake's fisheries. University officials say that for eight years now, the Nekton Lab, based at UNO, has been taking monthly... (SLIDELL)---For the second time in six months, a Slidell contractor has been arrested on theft charges stemming from allegations that he took money from Hurricane Katrina victims and did little or no work on the houses, according to the Slidell Police Department. Slidell Police Chief Freddy Drennan reports that 47-year-old James J. Moore was arrested on Monday, June 23, and charged with two counts of theft over $500 stemming from incid...
(ST. TAMMANY)---Quarterly economic figures for St. Tammany Parish show a mixed trend in the basic economy, but indicate an overall upward movement in the growth index for the first quarter of 2008, according to the St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation. On the positive side, the unemployment rate in this year's first quarter dropped to 2.9 percent, down from 3.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007 and the overall 2007 rate of 3...
(KENTWOOD)---The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office reports that a Mississippi man has been arrested on a drug and weapons charge after a search of his vehicle led deputies to recover cocaine, a handgun, and a substantial amount of cash. Tangipahoa Chief Deputy Dennis Pevey says that 23-year-old Cedric Gray of Lake, Mississippi, has been charged with possession of cocaine and the illegal possession of a firearm. The arrest occu...
(ROBERT)---An Abita Springs man has died, and a Texas teenager was injured, in a two-vehicle accident on LA 445 near the I-12 on-ramp near Robert, according to Louisiana State Police. The accident occurred shortly after 8:10 p.m. on Friday, June 20, on LA 445 near I-12 in Tangipahoa Parish. State Police TFC Louis Calato reported that 64-year-old Marion Piper of Abita Springs was treated for severe injuries at a local hospital, but die...
(DENHAM SPRINGS)---The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office reported that deputies are searching for a Denham Springs man in connection with a drive-by shooting incident that left a Denham Springs man wounded and a pair of brothers arrested in connection with the case. Livingston Parish Sheriff Willie Graves said that deputies are searching for 20-year-old Kevin Spain of Denham Springs on an attempted second-degree murder charge. He add...
(BATON ROUGE)---State agriculture officials report that a disease-causing insect that can prevent citrus from ripening and possibly even kill the entire tree has now been found in three more parishes in south Louisiana. They add that citrus greening disease, possibly caused by the insect, has now been found in Orleans Parish. Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Mike Strain earlier reported that the Asian citrus psyllid, an insect t... (NEAR LACOMBE)---Louisiana State Police have reported that a Holden man was killed in a one-vehicle accident along I-12 near Lacombe on Saturday night, June 14. Troop L State Police TFC Louis Calato said that 18-year-old Jeramy Malcolm Trent Sullivan was pronounced dead on the scene by an assistant coroner with St. Tammany Parish. The accident happened at around 11:15 p.m. on I-12, about a mile-and-a-half past LA 434 near Lacom...
(MANDEVILLE)---State environmental officials are advising those who live along Bayou Cane near Mandeville to be aware of and not tamper with monitoring equipment to be placed along the waterway the week of Monday, June 16. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality said that the monitoring gear is part of a water sampling survey along Bayou Cane from just north of U. S. Hwy. 190 to Lake Pontchartrain. The officials indicated th...
(DENHAM SPRINGS)---A Denham Springs man has been arrested in connection with the alleged theft of a boat motor after a concerned citizen literally watched as the suspect tried to force the motor through a hole that had been cut through a chain link fence, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office. Livingston Parish Sheriff Willie Graves reported that 43-year-old Donald Atwell has been charged with felony theft, simple burglar...
(ST. TAMMANY)---Nearly half a billion dollars in investments highlight a mid-year report card that shows more jobs are on the way in St. Tammany Parish, according to the St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation. As part of the Economic Development District, the STEDF reported that projects approved already for this year indicate that slightly more than $469 million in Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds for major business ventures have been...
(BATON ROUGE)---State agriculture officials are asking citrus famers and backyard growers statewide to be alert for a disease-causing insect that can prevent citrus from ripening and possibly even kill the entire tree. Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Mike Strain reported that the Asian citrus psyllid, an insect that looks like a cicada, has been confirmed on citrus trees in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes. Dr. Strain s...
(NEW ORLEANS)---A Slidell man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison in connection with a child pornography case where more than 50,000 images of child pornography were found on his computer, according to U. S. Attorney Jim Letten. Letten said that 60-year-old Danny M. Daugherty was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison, placed on a life term of supervised release, ordered to pay $20,000 in victim restitution, r...
(WALKER)---For the second time in two months, narcotics agents have shut down an alleged methamphetamine lab near the town of Walker, this time arresting four suspects as well, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office. Livingston Parish Sheriff Willie Graves said that the search warrant was served at around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, at an address along Weiss Road in Walker. The sheriff added that agents found a similar m... (SLIDELL)---Slidell Police are trying to match stolen property with their owners as a couple of burglary arrests led to the recovery of numerous items allegedly stolen during the months of April and May of this year. Slidell Police Chief Freddy Drennan said that detectives have several items that were recovered from the burglary of vehicles in the North Boulevard area of Slidell. Those items include GPS units, I-pods, DVD players, cam... (PONCHATOULA)---Five suspects have been arrested, and several more arrests are expected, in an ongoing prescription drug investigation in the Ponchatoula area, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office. Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Dennis Pevey reported that on Monday, June 9, narcotic agents received information that an elderly white female in the area of South 1st Street in Ponchatoula would be traveling to New ... (ALBANY)---Two suspects have been arrested and two others are being sought in connection with a burglary and theft case involving a church and a house in rural Livingston Parish near Albany, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office. Livingston Sheriff Willie Graves said that 19-year-old Bronze Williams and 21-year-old Derrick Allison, both of Independence, have been charged with three counts of felony theft and one count of ... (SLIDELL)---A Slidell man has been arrested and charged in connection with a case where he allegedly molested the daughter of a distant family member while she was visiting the area earlier this year during Mardi Gras, according to the Slidell Police Department. Slidell Police Capt. Kevin Foltz said that 47-year-old Joseph W. Bayona has been charged with molestation of a juvenile stemming from an incident that allegedly occurred on Feb...
(FRANKLINTON)---One person is dead and two are injured as a result of a car-truck collision in Washington Parish near Franklinton, according to Louisiana State Police Troop L. The accident occurred shortly after 9:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 8, near the intersection of LA 16 and LA 450 near Franklinton. TFC Louis Calato reported that a truck, driven by Shawn R. Newman of Jefferson, was apparently veering back and forth onto both lanes of ...
(ST. HELENA PARISH)---Two persons are dead and three remain injured after a grinding, head-on crash involving two vehicles in St. Helena Parish, according to Louisiana State Police Troop L. The accident happened at around 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, June 8, along LA 16 in St. Helena Parish. TFC Louis Calato reported that a car, driven by 22-year-old James F. Gayles of Slidell, was apparently in the wrong lane of traffic and hit a car driven ... (KENTWOOD)---Louisiana State Police Troop L reported that one person was killed and six others injured in a one-vehicle accident where a sport utility vehicle apparently left the road, slammed into a culvert, and flipped several times, ejecting all of the victims from the vehicle. The accident occurred shortly after 11:20 p.m. on Friday, June 6, along LA 38 near Kentwood. TFC Louis Calato reported that a GMC Yukon, driven by 42-year-o...
(NEW ORLEANS)---A federal grand jury in New Orleans has indicted a former employee of the St. Tammany Parish District Attorney's Office and two businessmen on a conspiracy charge involving the use of information obtained from a National Crime Information Center computer, according to U. S. Attorney Jim Letten. Letten says that 41-year-old Vicky Munn of New Orleans, 39-year-old Todd Kelly of Traverse City, Michigan, and 47-year-old Char...
(BATON ROUGE)---State agriculture officials are asking Louisiana's poultry farmers to increase their health monitoring of chickens after an outbreak of avian influenza was found last week in northwest Arkansas. Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Mike Strain says that he's asking the poultry industry to increase the bird sample size it sends to the state diagnostic lab in north Louisiana. He adds that the lab checks the chickens to detect an... (BOGALUSA)---Louisiana State Police troopers and deputies with the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office will be manning a special sobriety checkpoint in Washington Parish on Friday, June 6. Troop L TFC Louis Calato reports that the checkpoint, set to begin at approximately 9 p.m., is an effort to locate impaired drivers and get them safely off of the streets. The location of the DWI roadblock has not been announced. State Police...
(MANDEVILLE)---Details have not yet been released, but St. Tammany Parish officials say that parish president Kevin Davis is calling a news conference on Thursday, June 5, to reportedly call for the ending of the use of FEMA trailers on private property. In a news release, the director of the Department of Cultural and Governmental Affairs, Suzanne Parsons-Stymiest, says that Davis will announce that on Aug. 29 the Executive Order allo... (LORANGER)---A Loranger woman is dead and three others injured after the truck they were in apparently left the roadway and slammed into a utility pole near Loranger, according to Louisiana State Police. Troop L spokesman TFC Louis Calato says that 38-year-old Colleen H. Gonzalez died at a Hammond hospital after being ejected from the vehicle. He adds that 31-year-old Tommy Trosclair of Robert and two juveniles were injured in the cra... (ROBERT)---Two Hammond men, wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a Mandeville business, remain in the St. Tammany Parish Jail after being arrested by troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop L, just a few minutes after St. Tammany Sheriff's Office deputies informed them to be looking for the pair. St. Tammany Sheriff's Office Capt. George Bonnett reports that 24-year-old Tyrone Morris and 30-year-old Willard Brumfield have ... (SLIDELL)---St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain is seeking the public's help in finding two armed robbery suspects, who allegedly brandished handguns and robbed two women in their Slidell trailer. It happened shortly after 10:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, in the 57000 block of Beech Ave. in Slidell. The sheriff says that two armed black males, wearing dark clothing with masks over their faces, entered a FEMA trailer and demanded mon...
(SLIDELL)---What began as an effort on the part of Slidell Police detectives to arrest a California man on a juvenile molestation charge turned into an hour-long standoff where the suspect was eventually TASERed and taken into custody, according to the Slidell Police Department. Slidell Police Chief Freddy Drennan says that 28-year-old Josue Arron Castro-Izaguirrez of Los Angeles has been arrested and charged with juvenile molestation....
(DENHAM SPRINGS)---The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office reports that a Greenwell Springs man has been arrested on methamphetamine charges after an alert deputy noticed the suspect's vehicle parked in a remote corner of a parking lot. Livingston Parish Sheriff Willie Graves says that 28-year-old Joseph W. Phillips of Greenwell Springs has been charged with possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of alprazo... |
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