Crime/Courts/Public Safety
2 Ponchatoula man arrested for burglary of TNT Seafood near Springfield
PONCHATOULA--Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports the arrest of two business burglary suspects on LA 22 west of Ponchatoula. Both suspects were caught by a surveillance camera breakin...
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Loranger driver charged in death of Luling motorcyclist in LA 40 collision
LORANGER--Motorcyclist Louis Perkins of Luling died in collision with Christine Lynn of Loranger, who was driving a PT Cruiser. Lynn faces several charges. Wednesday morning May 8 shortly after 7...
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Covington traffic stop with cocaine leads officers to Bogalusa home where more drugs discovered
COVINGTON--A multi-agency investigation stemming from a Covington traffic stop has resulted in the arrest of a Houston, TX woman on charges of Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and the ...
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Outgoing Independence Fire Chief Dennis Crocker and his successor David Maurer congratulate each other at an Independence town hall meeting the night of Nov. 27. Photo by Mark Mathes.
Father, son and Mrs. Janice Holland all help avert tragedy in downtown Independence apartment fire with 3 departments responding
INDEPENDENCE--Quick response by an Independence father and son helped rescue Lisa McDonald, 48, from her second story balcony in downtown Independence May 8. The scene: just north of City Hall and...
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OPERATION STOP THE DRUGS 15 arrested from Kentwood, Amite, Tickfaw, Robert, Hammond, Ponchatoula. 2 were already in jail.
HAMMOND – Fifteen suspects were rounded up in Operation STD (Stop The Drugs)Friday, May 3 from Kentwood, Amite, Tickfaw, Robert, Hammond and Ponchatoula Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards re...
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COURTS: David Lee Scott gets 25 years for selling crack, stealing mobile phone, charger and $35
LIVINGSTON--District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux reports that 51-year-old David Lee Scott was sentenced to 25 years with the department of corrections for each of one count of Armed Robbery and o...
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COURTS: DA Perrilloux lists felony cases expected to be heard in Amite court this week
AMITE--District Attorney Scott Perrilloux listed felony cases expected to be heard in district court this week in Amite. Tangipahoa May 7, Division E --Pre-Trial Conference: Kenneth Baker, ch...
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Michael A. Petitto
DA Perrilloux: Michael Petitto conviction would stand if he appeals to La. Supreme Court
By Don Ellzey AMITE -- District Attorney Scott Perrilloux says he strongly feels the Louisiana Supreme Court would uphold the conviction of former Tangipahoa Parish Council member Michael Petitto ...
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GREENSBURG--St. Helena Sheriff's Deputy Jerome Hookfin.
Off-duty St. Helena Deputy Hookfin chases shooting suspect until back-up officers arrive
GREENSBURG--At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 28 off-duty St. Helena Sheriff's deputy Jerome Hookfin was standing at the counter at Bridgemart convenience store in Greensburg paying for ...
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Council member Calvin Batiste at an earlier Independence meeting in 2012. Photo by Mark Mathes.
INDEPENDENCE FUEL THEFT: DA Perrilloux says no arraignment date set for 4 arrested April 2
AMITE -- District Attorney Scott Perrilloux said May 3 that no arraignment date has yet been set for the four Independence town workers arrested April 2 for allegedly using town fuel cards for per...
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Tangipahoa Parish Jail in Amite. Photo by Mark Mathes.
Tangipahoa Parish jail docket April 25-May 1
AMITE-The following people were arrested and booked and/or incarcerated and scheduled to be released from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail between April 25 and May 1: How the jail census has changed ...
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GOVERNMENT: Landrieu recalls domestic violence champion Pat Evans
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., released the following statement on the passing of Pat Evans May 3: “Louisiana has lost a passionate and effective advocate with the passing of Pa...
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