Destrehan News

Heather Stumpf, 36, 100 block of Matherne Drive, Des Allemands, LA was arrested on 6/14/2013 and booked with theft of goods, $500-$1,500 after allegedly attempting to cash several stolen checks.

April 23, 1930 - June 12, 2013 Shelton Lee Hewitt, 83, a native of Hornbeck and a resident of Bayou Vista for 49 years, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at Ochsner Medical Center in Kenner.

The boyfriend of a woman who might have played a role in an FBI investigation into former St. Charles Parish District Attorney Harry Morel and who was found dead in her Destrehan apartment in February has been indicted by a grand jury for second degree murder.

Tyrone Lambert Jr., 32, was arrested for allegedly exposing himself to a woman at a Kenner bus stop.

Two caregivers at a LaPlace-based personal care services agency have been arrested and charged with Medicaid fraud after filing false claims, according to the Louisiana attorney general.

High schools in St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes officially announced the class of 2013's valedictorians and salutatorians during graduation ceremonies in May.

Ronald Grainer, 40, 400 block of Kellogg Drive, Luling, LA was arrested on 5/21/2013 and booked with obscenity and two counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile after the suspect allegedly exposed himself in front of a woman and two children.