SBSO NEWS RELEASES

Orleans Parish – Louisiana State Police Troop B, University Medical Center Level 1 Trauma Center and the Louisiana Passenger Safety Task Force will be conducting a free child passenger safety… Continue Reading »»

The fourth week of the Sheriff’s Office Junior Deputy Academy for children 10-13 saw representatives from the Fire Department come to discuss fire safety. They discussed what to do in… Continue Reading »»

With the family of the late John F. “Jack” Rowley in attendance, the St. Bernard Parish Courthouse was formally dedicated June 20 in honor of the long-time District Attorney and… Continue Reading »»

A 14-year-old Violet girl who had been missing since June 5 is now home, Sheriff James Pohlmann said. The girl’s legal guardian, who had reported her missing, notified the Sheriff’s… Continue Reading »»

Children taking the Sheriff’s Office free Junior Deputy Academy got to view weaponry, equipment and vehicles used by SWAT team members, the bomb squad and the department in general. Under… Continue Reading »»

The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s assistances in locating a 14-year-old Violet girl who is missing and apparently has been in eastern New Orleans, Sheriff James… Continue Reading »»

A man who said he was homeless had the audacity to be wearing another man’s pants and belt taken in a car burglary two nights earlier when he was arrested… Continue Reading »»

An Arabi resident caught a man burglarizing his daughter-in-law’s vehicle at 5:30 a.m. and held him on the ground at gun point as the Sheriff’s Office was called, Sheriff James… Continue Reading »»

  Det. Sgt. Ryan Melerine recently graduated from Hazardous Devices School located at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville,  Ala., which is put on by the FBI and U.S. Army. Melerine,… Continue Reading »»

Alicia Chatham pf Chalmette said she wanted her son, Michael, 12, to take the Sheriff’s Office Junior Deputy Academy class which opened June 7 to help him learn more about… Continue Reading »»