On July 18th, detectives with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted a search of a vehicle used to transport inmates to a work detail with a parish municipality.  During the search, multiple cell phones and containers of tobacco were found in a carry-bag inside the vehicle.  Tyson Sonnier, the deputy who was assigned to drive that vehicle, was immediately placed on administrative leave and his commission was pulled pending…

“Behind the Badge,” a television program produced by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Public Affairs Division, received two awards this weekend from the Press Club of New Orleans. Lt. Greg Gonzales, producer of the series, was presented with second and third place awards at the Press Club’s annual Excellence in Journalism Awards ceremony, which took place Saturday night in New Orleans. Chief Deputy Brian Trainor, Deputy Chief Danell Gerchow…