Aug 30, 2010 - A case that began when a St. Bernard sheriff’s deputy on patrol in Arabi made a traffic stop ended in the seizure of the drugs Ecstasy, cocaine and marijuana, $3,100 in cash and a gun and the arrests of two men and a woman on Tuesday, Aug. 24, Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

More than four grams of cocaine and more than 40 tablets of the drug Ecstasy, as well as marijuana and various other pills, including the painkiller hydrocodone, were recovered...

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Aug 28, 2010 - An Ecumenical funeral service to “bury’’ St. Bernard Parish’s memories and burdens left by Hurricane Katrina, complete with a casket in which residents placed notes, cards and letters about their feelings, was held Saturday, Aug. 28 at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church in Chalmette, a day before the fifth anniversary of the storm that destroyed much of the parish and killed more than 100 residents ...

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Aug 27, 2010 - Former First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush was guest speaker on Friday, Aug. 27 at the 5th Annual Day of Reflection, a Hurricane Katrina remembrance, held at the new Chalmette High gym. Mrs. Bush, whose Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries has done much for the St. Bernard public school system and school libraries since the hurricane, is shown with Schools Superintendent Doris Voitier as they are about to be seated at a table after the former First Lady was greeted with standing applause ...

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Aug 25, 2010 - A Chalmette man on probation for burglary and wanted for not showing up for court dates has been booked with five other burglaries and possession of numerous items of stolen property recovered in an investigation that is continuing, Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

The arrest Monday, Aug. 23, of Ryan Clague, 34, who was living in a storm-damaged house at 3313 Veronica Drive, continues a trend in which the Sheriff’s Office has been steadily solving burglaries ...

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Aug 25, 2010 - For the third time since mid-July, a sobriety checkpoint was held in St. Bernard Parish, this time the evening of Aug. 23, as sheriff’s deputies continue to concentrate on trying to rid the roads of drunk drivers and those on drugs, Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said. One DWI arrest was made, as well as an arrest of a man on a marijuana possession charge. There were also citations issued for open container violations ands other citations.   Shown, Sgt. Stephen Ingargiola is giving a field sobriety test to a motorist

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Aug 24, 2010 - An illegal alien working in St. Bernard Parish plowed a car into a Chalmette clothing store Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 24, injuring a pregnant store employee, then he got out and fled on foot but was captured blocks away by witnesses, according to St. Bernard Parish authorities and State Police who handled the investigation.
The worker, who wasn’t identified, crawled out the front door after being struck by the vehicle inside the All About Me clothing store ...

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