ELECTION DAY
**OFFICE CLOSURE** The District Attorney’s Office will close Tuesday, November 5, 2024, in observation of Election Day, we will reopen Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 8:30am.
**OFFICE CLOSURE**
The District Attorney’s Office will close Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 3:00pm, in observation of Halloween and remain closed November 1, 2024, in observation of All Saint’s Day, we will reopen Monday, November 4, 2024, at 8:30am.
Grand Jury Indictment
BELLE CHASSE, October 22, 2024 Charles J. Ballay, District Attorney for the Parish of Plaquemines, reports that on October 22, 2024, a Plaquemines Parish Grand Jury convened and returned a true bill of indictment on Victor Battle, age 21, from Port Sulphur, Louisiana. Battle was indicted for Second Degree Murder and Possession of a…
Moreno Found Guilty by Jury
On Thursday, October 17, 2024, a jury verdict was returned in Plaquemines Parish against Jose Moreno for Aggravated Rape. The defendant was accused of orally raping a 3-year-old in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. The victim testified at trial and detailed how the defendant forced him to perform oral sex on him when he was a small…
Lafrance Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery
Charles J. Ballay, District Attorney for the Parish of Plaquemines, reports that on October 1, 2024, Joseph Lafrance, age 56, from Braithwaite, Louisiana, plead guilty as charged to Aggravated Battery shortly before his trial by jury set on the same day. On April 2, 2023, an adult female victim contacted P.P.S.O. to report that Lafrance…
Office Closer due to Tropical Storm Francine
In order to give our staff adequate time to prepare for potential severe weather and storm surge, our office will close at 2:00pm on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰. On 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 our offices will 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲d due to Tropical Storm Francine.
District Attorney Hosts Training on Competency and Sanity Laws
On September 9, 2024 the District Attorney, Charles J. Ballay, with assistance from Assistant District Attorney Mary Touzet, hosted a continuing legal education training to attorneys and staff working in the criminal justice system in Plaquemines Parish and Jefferson Parish. Mrs. Marianne Fletchinger, Regional Attorney with the Louisiana Department of Health, instructed participants on Louisiana…
Happy Labor Day
**OFFICE CLOSURE** The District Attorney’s Office will be closed Monday, September 2 , 2024, in observation of Labor Day, we will reopen Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 8:30am.
The District Attorney’s Office had two special visitors during the Felony Motions docket on July 9, 2024. Two rising sophomores at Belle Chasse High School, Annika Slavich and Ivana Sercovich, have an interest in pursuing a career in law. They spent the day at our courthouse in Pointe a la Hache shadowing Assistant District Attorney,…