Abita Springs
CRIME & SAFETY
Abita Springs man sentenced to 40 years in 2022 manslaughter case
An Abita Springs man was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Monday, July 1, after pleading guilty to charges of manslaughter and obstruction of justice in a 2022 case surrounding the death of 30-year-old John McIntyre.
Bogalusa firefighter pleads guilty to molesting elderly St. Tammany Parish woman
A former Bogalusa firefighter pleaded guilty last week to the sexual battery and molestation of an elderly woman living in a St. Tammany Parish nursing home, the northshore District Attorney's Office announced on Sunday. Brandon Applewhite, 39, was sentenced to 30 years in prison following his plea, which came after...
‘Somebody will answer:’ Family of murder-suicide victim critical of NOPD response time
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - As a Slidell father prepares to bury his oldest daughter, killed in an apparent murder-suicide, questions remain about police response to a murder-suicide. The shooting happened Saturday ((June 29) in the Leonidas neighborhood of New Orleans. Neighbors reported that a man, known for prior domestic violence...
3 teens arrested for killing of Slidell woman in French Quarter early Sunday while on robbery spree
NEW ORLEANS — Kristie Gioe Thibodeaux, 43, may have grown up in St. Bernard Parish and migrated to her new home in Slidell, but her heart was in the French Quarter, where she gave tours as an employee of Crawl New Orleans. “She was a fixture in the community,”...
Mandeville Police searching for man accused of robbing a woman with a gun
Mandeville Police are searching for a man accused of robbing a Capital One bank ATM on Wednesday. The victim told police she was using the ATM at Capital One Bank, 3840 Highway 22, when she was approached by a man wearing all-black clothing including a mask and hoodie and he was armed with a medium-sized pistol.
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