Plaquemines Parish, LA — April 7, 2026 District Attorney Charles Ballay announced that on April 7, 2026, Judge Kevin Conner sentenced David Jefferson, 50, of Gretna, Louisiana, following his guilty plea on March 23, 2026, to four counts of contractor fraud and one count of theft over $1,000. Judge Conner sentenced Jefferson to seven (7)…
Plaquemines Parish, LA — March 24, 2026 District Attorney Charles Ballay announced that David Jefferson, 50, of Gretna, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to four counts of contractor fraud and one count of theft over $1,000. The case was set for a jury trial to start on March 23, 2026. Jefferson defrauded five families of a…
Plaquemines Parish, LA — February 25, 2026 District Attorney Charles Ballay reports that Jamar Basell Higgins, a 48 year old resident of Belle Chasse has been sentenced by Judge Michael Clement to 10 years in the Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to multiple drug‑related charges stemming from a 2025 narcotics investigation. The conviction follows…
Belle Chasse, LA – January 14, 2026 Plaquemines Parish District Attorney Charles Ballay reports that on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, a Plaquemines Parish Grand Jury convened and returned a true bill of indictment against Michael Louis Perriloux, age 30, of Saint Amant, Louisiana. Perriloux was indicted on charges of Sexual Battery and First-Degree Rape in…
Belle Chasse Man Pleads Guilty to Domestic Violence and Video Voyeurism; Sentencing Set for February Plaquemines Parish, LA — January 8, 2026 Michael Fasullo, 42, of Belle Chasse, has pleaded guilty to Domestic Violence – First Offense – Child Presence and two counts of Video Voyeurism, on January 6, 2026, in front of…
Plaquemines Parish, LA — December 17, 2025 Zaiden Thompson, an inmate at Plaquemines Parish Detention Center, plead guilty to Battery of Police Officer and was sentenced today to five years in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections (DOC). This sentence will run consecutively with his existing 15-year sentence for a conviction in another…
BELLE CHASSE, La. — A Belle Chasse man has been sentenced after admitting to a years-long scheme to steal materials from a local businesses owned by a family friend. On September 30, 2021, the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported theft at D & M Steel, located at 1324 Engineers Road in Belle…
BURAS, La. — A Buras man with a history of violent offenses pled guilty this week to several charges stemming from a 2024 incident involving his elderly mother. On September 12, 2024, deputies responded to a residence in Buras after receiving a complaint from Mary Hill, age 85, who reported that her son, Shane Hill,…
In a solemn courtroom at the Plaquemines Parish Courthouse, Victor Battle pleaded guilty Tuesday, November 18, 2025, to the August 26, 2024, murder of Billy Ray Saunier and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. A guilty plea to the crime of Manslaughter was accepted by Judge Kevin Conner and brings to a close a…
On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, Nelson Williams,(27) of Port Sulphur plead guilty as charged for Computer Aided Solicitation of a Minor before his jury trial started. The defendant was accused of solicitating a minor with video conference calls while his was incarcerated. The victim refused to cooperate with authorities. Lt. Holly Hardin was the lead…