The Plaquemines Parish District Attorney’s Office reports that on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at the start of the jury trials of, Ray Riley, age 68, from Sunrise, LA, and Christopher J. Matte, age 42, from Belle Chasse, LA, both defendants changed their pleas to guilty. Ray Riley pleaded guilty to 2nd Degree Battery and was…
**OFFICE CLOSURE** The District Attorney’s Office will be closed Monday, February 19, 2024, in observation of Presidents’ Day, we will reopen Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at 8:30am.
**OFFICE CLOSURE** The District Attorney’s Office will be closed Monday-Tuesday, February 12 & 13, 2024, in observation of the Mardi Gras Holiday, we will reopen Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at 8:30am.
The Plaquemines Parish District Attorney’s Office reports that on Thursday, February 1, 2024, a Plaquemines Parish Grand Jury convened and returned true bills of indictment on three defendants. The cases are as follows: Darrnell Miller, Jr., age 23, from Port Sulphur, LA was indicted for the crime of Second Degree Rape. The incident occurred…
**OFFICE CLOSURE** The District Attorney’s Office will be closed Monday, January 15, 2024, in observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we will reopen Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at 8:30am.
**OFFICE CLOSURE** The District Attorney’s Office will be closed Friday, December 29, 2023 in observation of New Years, we will reopen Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 8:30am.
Periodically the Plaquemines Parish District Attorney’s Office buys equipment to be used by law enforcement agencies in our parish to do their work. Over the years the DA’s Office has purchased laptop computers for police vehicles, speed radar guns, video cameras, and other needed equipment. The DA’s Office recently purchased five radar guns for PPSO…
Christmas is a very special time of year and every family deserves to have a Merry Christmas. In this 4th year, District Attorney Charles Ballay, American Legion Post #329, under the leadership of Commander John Richardson, and Chevron Oak Point Oronite partnered to bring a little holiday cheer to several families in our parish. In…
The District Attorney’s Office will be closed Friday, December 22, 2023 in observation of Christmas Holiday, we will reopen Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 8:30am.
BELLE CHASSE, November 30, 2023 Charles J. Ballay, District Attorney for the Parish of Plaquemines, reports that on November 30, 2023, Michael Cone, age 48, was found guilty by a jury of Computer Aided Solicitation of a Minor. He was remanded to the custody of P.P.S.O., without bond, by The Honorable Judge Kevin D.…