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CRIME & SAFETY
A 'child's body' in water creates big scare at Slidell park. Police share an explanation.
A father and son fishing at Slidell's Heritage Park on Sunday afternoon hooked what appeared to be a child's body — and prompted an underwater search by the Slidell Police Department's dive team. Fortunately, the body turned out to a doll, ironically one used for water safety training, the...
Verbal altercation turns into stabbing; man arrested, Slidell police say
SLIDELL, La. (WVUE) - A Slidell man is in custody after police say a verbal altercation turned into a stabbing. Anthony Davis, 40, was booked for attempted second-degree murder. Slidell police were called out to a local hospital Friday (July 19) after 6 p.m. where a victim was being treated...
Jury finds Slidell man guilty of distributing fentanyl
COVINGTON --- District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on July 19, 2024, a St. Tammany Parish jury deliberated less than an hour before returning guilty verdicts against 43-year-old Majuangy Evans of Slidell for Distribution of Fentanyl, Conducting a transaction involving proceeds known to be derived from a drug law violation and Possession of Methamphetamine.
Slidell Police officers save life during traffic stop
Earlier this week, Slidell Police officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle after observing it had several equipment violations and that it was driving in a manner consistent with impairment. As officers spoke to the vehicle's operator, it was immediately evident that the operator was impaired. During the initial stages of the investigation, it appeared that the driver of the vehicle was the only occupant - that was until officers located a male subject "slumped over" in the rear seat, barely clinging to life.
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