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GRETNA, La. (WVUE) - A Jefferson Parish inmate with a pre-existing medical condition died Wednesday (April 23), the second in-custody death reported by Sheriff Joe Lopinto’s office in the past ...
McAdory is the second Jefferson Parish Correctional Center inmate to die in four days. Christopher Burgau, 32, of Marrero, was pronounced dead Sunday morning after ...
NEW ORLEANS — Newly elected Jefferson Parish Councilman Tim Kerner recounted his unexpected encounter with escaped inmate Kendell Myles in a parking garage near the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating an inmate death while in jail custody. According to Sheriff Joseph Lopinto, the death happened Wednesday morning after a man was taken from ...
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating an in-custody death. Sheriff Joseph Lopinto says the inmate was taken from the Jefferson Parish Correctional ...
GRETNA, La. (WVUE) - A Jefferson Parish inmate with a pre-existing medical condition died Wednesday (April 23), the second in-custody death reported by Sheriff Joe Lopinto’s office in the past ...
Inmate of Jefferson Parish jail dies after medical emergency, Sheriff says. BY MARCO CARTOLANO | Staff writer. Marco Cartolano. Author email; Jun 12, 2025 Jun 12, 2025; 1 min to read.
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating an in-custody suicide that happened Sunday morning at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center. According to ...
An inmate was found dead by apparent suicide early Easter Sunday (April 20) inside a housing unit at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the second in-custody death to happen this month.According to deputies, around 8:40 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, a ...
They then stole a truck in Jefferson Parish, traveled 150 miles and crashed in Opelousas. Another juvenile escaped after he struck a staffer on April 10, 2022 and fled. It was the second escape ...
An inmate escaped from the Tangipahoa Parish jail Thursday, the Sheriff’s Office said. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's office said it received a call just before 10 p.m. asking whether Tra’Von ...