Press Releases

The Covington-area Walmart was placed on lockdown briefly Tuesday (March 3) evening after St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies learned a man wanted in connection with an incident that occurred at a residence located in the 76000 block of Jones Rd., near Covington, earlier that evening was likely inside. At approximately 4:30 p.m. a female called the STPSO to report a family member had just pulled a gun on her and…

March 19 UPDATE: In light of the current coronavirus threat and in the best interest of the health of our citizens and our employees, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office has closed its administrative offices to the public.  However, or employees are working regular business hours of Monday thru Friday from 8 a.m. 4:30 p.m. processing payments and conducting other necessary business. Residents/business owners can conduct STPSO business, including among other…

  Two men have been booked into the Tammany Parish Jail on murder charges after it was discovered a man who was brought to a Mississippi hospital with multiple gunshot wounds, earlier this month, was shot during an incident that occurred in the Slidell area. On March 1, a Bay St. Louis, MS, man, Lamar Henry (DOB 9/8/1989), was brought to a Bay St. Louis hospital by Lamar Hargett. Henry…

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies were ambushed Monday night (March 23) while responding to a call for service. Shortly after 7:15 p.m., STPSO deputies were dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of Eden Isles Boulevard near Slidell in response to a domestic violence complaint. While speaking with one of the involved parties in the driveway of the home, a second individual came around the side of the residence…