S.O. got 19 boxes of records of St. Bernard Parish government from a storage facility after applying for a search warrant from a judge; Request based on information provided by parish government

Posted: October 25th, 2012 | Filed under: News Releases

A storage facility in the 8400 block of West Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette where documents from St. Bernard Parish government were retrieved in a search by the Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's Office photo.

A storage facility in the 8400 block of West Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette where documents from St. Bernard Parish government were retrieved in a search by the Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s Office photo.

The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office confirmed Thursday it retrieved 19 boxes of records of parish government from a Chalmette storage facility after applying for a search warrant from a state court judge, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Application for the warrant was based on information provided by parish government employees and the search was carried out Tuesday, Oct. 23 at a storage facility in the 8400 block of West Judge Perez Drive, the sheriff said.

Sheriff Pohlmann said those records were given Thursday afternoon to the U.S. Justice Department in response to a subpoena issued in the case of the Justice Department’s civil rights lawsuit pending against St. Bernard Parish government.