On Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at 9:14 am, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to 700 block of Colony Drive in LaPlace for the report of the burglary of car in progress. A witness saw a male juvenile rummaging through a parked car. Responding deputies arrested and booked the juvenile with simple burglary of a motor vehicle.

The 16-year-old male juvenile remains detained pending the outcome of a detention hearing scheduled for Friday morning.