Violet News

Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Lonnie Greco says two of his deputies seized about two pounds of marijuana, pictured, during a traffic stop in Braithwaite Tuesday night.

Trinette Johnson, 39, accused of stealing more than $100,000 from the church where she worked, is employed by the parish governmenta s finance department.

A Violet couple, hung over from a birthday celebration the night before, were arrested on Tuesday after their 9-year-old son missed his school bus and then led a St.

A longtime secretary was booked on a felony theft charge by the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office, accusing her of embezzling more than $100,000 since 2006 from Greater Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, according to a statement from Steve Cannizaro, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office.

A pedestrian who was struck by a pick-up truck while crossing Paris Road in St. Bernard Parish on Wednesday night died later at the hospital, authorities said Thursday.