The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is looking for a Slidell area woman reported missing by her family. Lindsey Meyer-Celestine, 31 years old, was last seen on Thanksgiving Day in the Alton area (between Slidell and Pearl River).

Meyer-Celestine, who had been staying with a friend at 147 Falcon Ct. in Alton, told the friend she was leaving to visit her mother, who lives in the Slidell area. She failed to show up at her mother’s, and no one has seen her since.

Meyer-Celestine is described as 5′-3″ tall, weighing approximately 115-120 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes. She has a distinguishing tattoo on her upper back that spells “John.”

Meyer-Celestine was reported missing by her mother on December 18th. Detectives believe she might have relocated to the New Orleans area.

Detective Brian Williams is handling the case. Anyone with information related to Meyer-Celestine’s whereabouts is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 985-898-2338.

St. Tammany Deputies responded to Brown Thrasher Loop South, in the Pines Subdivision, in reference to a reported armed robbery. The call was received around noon, and the victim reported a black male entered her partially opened garage armed with a handgun. The black male, later identified as Gregory Jones, approached the victim who was in her car. Jones pointed the pistol at the victim and demanded money. The victim gave Jones an undetermined amount of cash. Deputies arrived on scene within five minutes of notification. After arriving, deputies used K-9 bloodhounds to track Jones to his residence, 397 Brown Thrasher Loop South.

Gregory Jones (DOB: 11-19-87) was arrested on one count of Armed Robbery. The victim was not physically harmed during the course of the robbery.

Deputies responded to the Outback Restaurant, located at 60 Park Place Dr, Covington, in reference to the armed robbery of a Brinks armored car. The Sheriff’s Office received the call at approximately 8:20 a.m. Responding deputies were at the scene within a minute of notification.

Investigators are currently on the scene along with personnel from the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Crime Lab. Following their initial contact with the victims, they have released some details of the robbery. According to the victims, two males approached them in the rear parking lot of the restaurant. The suspects were armed with a long rifle and wearing all black. The suspects concealed their faces by the use of ski masks. An undetermined amount of money was taken from the armored truck before the suspects fled the scene. Both victims were unharmed during the course of the robbery. It is believed the suspects fled in a late model, silver in color, SUV. The SUV is a smaller model with four doors.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office at 985-898-2338.

The 22nd annual Seniors’ Christmas Luncheon, sponsored by the St. Tammany Parish Deputies’ Association, will be held Monday, December 13th from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The doors will open at 8:00 a.m. for early arrivers.

Nearly 1,000 seniors are expected to attend the lunch, which will take place at the Castine Center in Mandeville.

Hundreds of deputies play a part each year in coordinating and carrying out the event. Arrangements have been underway since September in preparation for this year’s event. As always, Deputies will be preparing and serving the dinners and other refreshments during the event.

C.O.A.S.T. will be providing transportation for those who cannot or do not wish to drive to the Castine Center. A list of pickup and drop off locations will be posted here soon.

Food, entertainment, dancing and other surprises await those who join us in the festivities. You do not need a reservation to attend.

Many thanks to Recreation District #1 / Pelican Park and the Castine Center for providing this facility at no cost for this year’s event.

Meth Lab Dismantled from STPSO on Vimeo.

St. Tammany Parish Narcotics division detectives recently found and dismantled a makeshift meth lab in a western St. Tammany home. Note the presence of Fire District personnel as a safety precaution and to assist with decontamination of the deputies after

Operation Show Me the Money, which began Saturday, November 20th, continues this month with the arrest of additional people wanted for failing to pay child support and / or issuing worthless checks.

On the first day of the operation, arrest warrants were executed on 112 individuals at the Harbor Center when they showed up thinking they were receiving stimulus checks from the Louisiana Recovery Directive, a fictitious organization created by the Sheriff’s Office for the operation.

In early November, more than 600 letters were mailed to individuals with warrants for non-support and worthless checks. The letters instructed them to arrive at the Harbor Center at a given date and time to receive their stimulus funds.

To house those brought in during the operation temporary facilities were constructed on the grounds of the St. Tammany Parish Jail. During the first weekend of the operation, 59 of the persons arrested were released after settling their debts and posting bonds if they had additional charges.

Immediately following the opening weekend, Sheriff’s deputies began searching for those among the 600 who chose not to show up Saturday. That process will continue indefinitely as the Sheriff’s Office is prepared to staff and maintain the temporary holding facility throughout the holidays.

In the first few days after the operation began, a steady stream of people arrived at the District Attorney’s office to settle unpaid debts, presumably in an effort to avoid being brought to jail as the operation continues.

A list of active warrants held by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is available on the main page of our web site.