News Releases

Media Release Angela Williams Franklin Located 7-22-24 MEDIA RELEASE SHERIFF CLAUDE LOUIS JR. ANNOUNCES MISSING WOMAN FOUND IN TWELVE-YEAR-OLD MISSING PERSON CASE  Convent, Louisiana July 22, 2024: Detective Corporal Tamarius Smith with the St. James Parish Sheriff’s...

Press Release On December 12, 2021 at approximately 3:58 pm, deputies responded to a shooting that occurred at Birdie’s Convenience Store located at 2014 W. Main Street in Lutcher, LA. When deputies arrived on scene, they discovered a 17-year-old male had been shot...

Press Release On September 8, 2021 at approximately 2:17 am, the Gramercy Police Department was informed by an individual that a window was broken on the Golden Grove Truck Stop (1391 Hwy. 3125, Gramercy, LA). The reporting person also stated that five individuals had...

Turn in your unused or expired prescription medication for safe disposal.   The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.2 million Americans...

Turn in your unused or expired prescription medication for safe disposal.   The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.2 million Americans...

Turn in your unused or expired prescription medication for safe disposal.   The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.2 million Americans...

The St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office will conduct its annual Child Safety Seat Check-up event on Saturday, September 28, 2019, from 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M at Winn Dixie, with the help of the South Central Planning & Development Commission, Louisiana Passenger...

Press Release On Saturday August 31st, 2019 at approximately 3:21 am, the St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a shooting that had taken place in front of the residence located at 2312 North Exchange Alley in Lutcher, LA. Upon arriving at...

The St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office, along with the assistance of the Gramercy Police Department and the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office, have made arrests for the homicide of Terrence Johnson that occurred on June 21st, 2019. Terrence Johnson was shot multiple...

Sheriff Martin announced that A’niya Southerland has been named the recipient of an academic scholarship from the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Scholarship Program for the 2018-2019 school year. A’niya resides in Vacherie with her mother, Nadine Jacobs. She plans to attend...

Turn in your unused or expired prescription medication for safe disposal.   The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.2 million Americans...

On Monday, February 11, 2019, at 10:21pm, St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office began an investigation of a shooting that occurred in the Oscar Brooks Apartments, in Lutcher.  The victim, Destin Smith, age 22, of Gramercy, LA, was transported to St. James Parish Hospital...

On February 11th, 2019 at approximately 10:21 pm, the St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting shots being fired in the Brooks Apartments located in Lutcher, LA.  Responding deputies discovered an individual lying outside near parked vehicles. ...