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Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office arrests Ponchatoula woman, searching for her son in cemetery forgery scheme
TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. — The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a Ponchatoula woman accused in a cemetery forgery investigation. According to the sheriff's office, Carla Wittie, 62, was arrested, and her son, Christopher Wittie, 35, is wanted in connection with an investigation into financial discrepancies and unauthorized check signings associated with the management of a cemetery.
Woman arrested, son wanted for alleged misappropriation of funds, fraud at Ponchatoula cemetery
PONCHATOULA — A Ponchatoula woman was arrested after Tangipahoa Parish deputies investigated financial discrepancies and unauthorized check signings associated with managing a local cemetery. Deputies are still searching for her son, who also allegedly participated in the crimes. Carla Wittie, 62, was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on...
Tangipahoa Parish Jail inmate dies; investigation underway, sheriff says
AMITE, La. (WVUE) - An investigation is underway after an inmate died Thursday (July 25) morning at the Tangipahoa Parish Jail, the sheriff’s office says. Christopher Montrell Woodard, 47, reported not feeling well and was sent to the medical wing around 5:45 a.m. where he became unresponsive, authorities say.
Inmate dies at Tangipahoa Parish jail
TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. — The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a jail inmate. According to the sheriff's office, 47-year-old Christopher Montrell Woodard reported that he was not feeling well around 5:45 a.m. on Thursday. "Before Woodard could be transferred to the medical wing for evaluation, he became unresponsive," TPSO officials said. The medical staff called for an ambulance and conducted life-saving measures.
Two found dead outside Amite city limits; family identifies victims as couple
AMITE— Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's deputies are currently investigating a double homicide reported just outside Amite City Tuesday morning. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Gerald Sticker says first responders found a man and woman dead along the 600 block of West MLK Street after receiving a 911 call about a shooting around 5:00 a.m.
Trial date set for woman accused of murdering 4-year-old Loranger girl
JACKSON, Miss. - A woman who was arrested in connection with the murder of a four-year-old girl after the child was abducted from her Tangipahoa Parish home is set to stand trial in 2025. According to WAPT, Victoria Cox's trial has been set for March 24, 2025. She is charged...
Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office investigating double homicide near Amite
AMITE CITY, La. — The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating a double homicide Tuesday morning. According to TPSO, deputies are on the scene where a man and woman were found dead at a mobile home in the 600 block of MLK Street just outside the city limits of Amite.
Two dead in Amite double murder
AMITE --- The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office (TPSO) needs the public’s assistance in a double homicide investigation that occurred this morning just outside of the city limits of Amite. Just before 5 a.m., a woman called 911 reporting having been shot at a mobile home in the 600...
Man and woman found dead near Amite, Sheriff reports
AMITE CITY, La. — Crime scene tape surrounded a Tangipahoa Parish home on the edge of Amite Tuesday as investigators tried to piece together a double homicide. “It’s disheartening, it’s saddening, and it angers me,” said Sheriff Gerald Sticker. Sheriff Sticker says a woman called 911...
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