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St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office holds Drug Take-Back Day

St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office holds Drug Take-Back Day

Residents properly disposed of nearly 40 pounds of unwanted or expired prescriptions and over-the-counter medications on Saturday, April 27 as the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office participated in the annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Narcotics officers with the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office accepted the unwanted medications over a four-hour period at the Special Investigations Division substation, 7001 W. Judge Perez Drive in Arabi.

Over the past year, the Sheriff’s Office has collected nearly 120 pounds of unwanted medication from residents in an effort to ensure they don’t fall into the hands of youngsters who might misuse them or thieves who could sell them on our streets, the Sheriff said.

The Drug Take Back initiative, part of a national effort spearheaded by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, has seen more than 4.8 million pounds of prescription drugs collected nationwide since its inception in 2010.

The goal of the initiative is to have a location in every Louisiana parish where residents can drop off unwanted medications at any time in an effort to fight the opioid epidemic.

Sheriff Pohlmann said residents who could not make the recent Drug Take Back Day can properly dispose of unwanted medications year-round at the Sheriff’s Office substation located at 4700 Paris Road in Chalmette.

The drop box located at the Paris Road substation was installed as part of an initiative by state Attorney General Jeff Landry, Blue Cross Blue Shield and the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators.

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St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office arrests New Orleans woman

St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office arrests New Orleans woman
on child desertion charges

A New Orleans woman was arrested in St. Bernard Parish after she sent her 5-year-old child alone in a transportation service vehicle, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Reiona Oliver, 27, of the 2300 block of 4th Street in New Orleans, was booked April 23 with child desertion after she placed her 5-year-old child in a transportation service vehicle and instructed the driver to take the child from a residence in Chalmette to school in New Orleans.

On Tuesday, April 23, shortly after 9 a.m., Sheriff Pohlmann said, a driver with a local transportation service company brought a 5-year-old child to a Sheriff’s Office substation in Arabi to seek assistance after he told a woman who had summoned a ride for the child that he could not take the child unaccompanied by an adult.

According to the driver, when he arrived at the Chalmette residence in the 1000 block of East St. Avide, the woman, later identified as Oliver, placed the child in the vehicle, and stated she wouldn’t be riding along. The driver said the woman went back into the residence and did not return.

Oliver was taken into custody and transported to St. Bernard Parish Prison where she was booked on the above charge.

A criminal history check was conducted on Oliver which revealed she had two outstanding warrants out of Jefferson Parish for traffic attachments.

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St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Drug Take-Back Day set for April 27

St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Drug Take-Back Day set for April 27

St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann encourages residents to properly dispose of unwanted or expired prescriptions and over-the-counter medications on Saturday, April 27 as the Sheriff’s Office participates in the annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back.

Narcotics officers with the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office will accept unwanted medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Special Investigations Division substation, 7001 W. Judge Perez Drive in Arabi, near the corner of Aycock Street.

The initiative, part of a national effort spearheaded by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, has seen more than 4.8 million pounds of prescription drugs collected since its inception in 2010.

For those not able to make the April 27 event, the Sheriff’s Office also has a drop box located year-round at the substation at 4700 Paris Road in Chalmette.

The drop box located at the Paris Road substation was installed as part of an initiative by state Attorney General Jeff Landry, Blue Cross Blue Shield and the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators. The goal of the initiative is to have a location in every Louisiana parish where residents can drop off unwanted medications at any time in an effort to fight the opioid epidemic.

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