Jury Convicts Slidell Man of Molesting Two Teen Girls

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 24, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announces that a St. Tammany Parish jury convicted Earnest C. Diaz, Jr., 45, of Slidell, Thursday (Aug. 23) of two counts of molestation of a juvenile where the offender had control or...

Lacombe Man Who Raped Juvenile Gets 99 Years In Prison

August 21, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announces that James Matthew Cole, 64, of Lacombe, was sentenced Monday (August 20) to 99 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed, for sexual battery of a victim under 13. District Judge Scott Gardner...

Woman Gets Life Sentence For Killing Best Friend’s Fiancé

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 17, 2018 COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that Margaret Stockstill, 33, of Franklinton, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday (August 16) for killing her best friend’s fiancé. A St. Tammany Parish...