Former Bowling Alley to become SJSO Training Facility

  The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office is the new owner of River Bend Lanes and plans to transform the abandoned bowling alley into an indoor shooting range and training facility, St. John Sheriff Mike Tregre announced April 20. The building has...

Narcotics Division receives Officer of the 1st Quarter for 2016

St. John Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre has named the office’s Narcotics Division as Officers of the First Quarter. Representing the division, Lt. Tanner Mangano, second from left, and Lt. Monty Adams, right, were honored April 18 for outstanding work and dedicated...

Sheriff Mike Tregre: We’re all needed in justice service

Reprint from   Published Sunday, April 10, 2016 How do you plead, guilty or not guilty? These words are spoken throughout the United States of America every week in a courtroom. Last month, I was informed that 85 subpoenaed individuals failed to show up for...

Sheriff Mike Tregre: Prank 911 calls costing precious time

Reprint from   Published Saturday, April 6, 2016   Law enforcement calls it “swatting.” St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Mike Tregre said the prank — which, make no mistake, is a crime — involves calling 911 to report a false emergency that...

Lt. Charles Wale Graduates from FBI National Academy

Lt Chip Wale (left) and Sheriff Mike Tregre (right) Lt. Charles “Chip” Wale, with the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office, graduated March 18, 2016 from the 263rd session of the FBI National Training Academy on the FBI’s campus in Quantico, Va....