St. John the Baptist Parish Recent Bookings
St. John the Baptist Parish recent bookings are available through the parish LAVINE roster and through daily arrest reports published by the sheriff's office online. Anyone booked into the Sherman Walker Correctional Facility in LaPlace can be looked up by name. The roster shows arrest date, charges, and basic identifying details. This page covers how to search recent bookings in St. John the Baptist Parish, what the records include, and where to find supplemental resources like daily arrest reports and victim notification tools. All persons listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Parish Quick Facts
St. John the Baptist Parish LAVINE Roster
The primary way to search recent bookings in St. John the Baptist Parish is through the St. John the Baptist Parish LAVINE roster. This page is part of the statewide LA VINE system run by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement. It pulls live data directly from the jail's own management system and refreshes every 30 minutes. The roster displays name, date of birth, race, gender, and arrest date for all current inmates at the Sherman Walker Correctional Facility.
To search, go to the roster page and use the A-Z alphabet tabs to filter by last name. You can also view all current bookings in a single list. Clicking on a name brings up additional detail on that individual booking. From that detail screen, you can also register with the LA VINE system to receive automatic notifications when that person's custody status changes. Registration is free and takes just a few minutes.
The screenshot below was captured from the St. John the Baptist Parish LAVINE roster, showing the standard jail roster interface used to search recent bookings in the parish.
The roster updates every 30 minutes and reflects current custody at the Sherman Walker Correctional Facility in LaPlace.
Daily Arrest Reports
St. John the Baptist Parish stands out among Louisiana parishes for publishing detailed daily arrest reports. The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office arrest reports are posted on the sheriff's website and updated each day. Each report lists the full name and age of the person arrested, their address, the specific charges, and whether each charge is a felony or misdemeanor. This is more detail than what the standard LAVINE roster shows.
The reports are posted pursuant to the Louisiana Public Records Act. They include a standard disclaimer noting that nothing in the reports should imply guilt or wrongdoing for any person listed. The information is published in the interest of public transparency, not as a statement of guilt.
The screenshot below is from the St. John the Baptist Parish daily arrest reports page, showing the format used for each published report including full charges and felony classification.
Daily arrest reports are one of the most detailed public booking resources available in any Louisiana parish.
St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office
The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office is located at 1801 West Airline Highway in LaPlace, Louisiana 70068. The main phone line is (985) 652-9513. Mailing address is P.O. Box 1600, LaPlace, LA 70069. The fax number is (985) 652-7916. The sheriff's website is stjohnsheriff.org.
Sheriff Mike Tregre leads the department. The Data Processing Division, which handles LAVINE assistance and related record requests, can be reached at (985) 652-9513 Ext. 8702. That office is open Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm, excluding holidays. Public relations contact is Chassity McComack at chassity.mccomack@stjohnsheriff.org.
The sheriff's office also offers a free mobile app that gives the public access to crime mapping, inmate research, warrant information, road closure notifications, and direct tips submission. Notifications can be pushed to your phone through the app as well.
The screenshot below is from the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office website, the official homepage for the agency that manages all bookings and jail operations in the parish.
The sheriff's website is the best starting point for questions about current bookings, jail policies, and public safety resources in St. John the Baptist Parish.
Sherman Walker Correctional Facility
The Sherman Walker Correctional Facility is the main jail for St. John the Baptist Parish. It sits at the same address as the sheriff's office: 1801 West Airline Highway, LaPlace, Louisiana 70068. For direct corrections questions, call (985) 359-8627. That is the corrections line, separate from the main administrative number.
All people arrested in St. John the Baptist Parish are brought to this facility for booking. The facility processes arrests made by the parish sheriff's deputies as well as arrests made by municipal agencies in the parish. Once booked, the person's information flows into the LAVINE system and appears on the public roster, usually within 30 minutes of the completed intake process.
Note: If you need to confirm whether someone is currently in custody and they do not appear on the roster, call the corrections line directly at (985) 359-8627.
What Booking Records Include
St. John the Baptist Parish booking records from the LAVINE roster show the standard set of fields used across Louisiana jails. Most entries display full legal name formatted as last name then first name, date of birth, race, and gender. The arrest date is listed, which tells you when the person was brought into the jail. The daily arrest reports published by the sheriff's office go a step further and include the specific charge by name, felony or misdemeanor classification, and the address of the person arrested.
Bond information and court dates are not always shown on the basic roster view but may appear when you click through to an individual's detail page. Mugshot availability varies. The standard roster view focuses on identity and booking date. What you see on any given day reflects who is physically in custody at that moment, not anyone who has already been released.
Booking records do not indicate conviction. A person listed on the roster has been arrested and booked into jail. The case may be pending, dropped, or resolved. The arrest record is a snapshot of intake, not a final legal outcome. All persons listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Louisiana Public Records Law
Booking records in St. John the Baptist Parish are public under Louisiana law. R.S. 44:1 defines public records broadly to include any document created or received by a public agency in the course of official business. The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office is a public agency. Its booking records are public documents by definition.
R.S. 44:31 gives any person the right to inspect, copy, and reproduce those records. You do not need to explain why you want them. The right to access is open to everyone. The agency cannot deny access simply because they do not know your reason for asking.
R.S. 15:587 addresses arrest and booking information specifically. It confirms that this data is generally public and must be made available. The online roster and daily arrest reports published by the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office operate under these statutory obligations. Juvenile records are the key exception. They are sealed by law and never appear on any public roster or report. R.S. 44:32 permits agencies to charge reasonable copying fees, typically between $0.25 and $1.00 per page, for printed copies of records.
LAVINE Notifications and How They Work
The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office explains the LA VINE system through a dedicated FAQ page on their website. The LAVINE information page notes that the system was created by LSA-R.S. 15:1229 and is administered through the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement. It collects offender transactions including intake, bookings, transfers, releases, escapes, and deaths from parish jails and state correctional facilities.
To receive notifications, you register against a specific offender on the roster. You choose a four-digit PIN to confirm notification calls. If you forget your PIN, visit the Data Processing Division at the sheriff's office during business hours with valid identification. The LAVINE system is designed to provide information access only. It is not a safety guarantee.
The screenshot below is from the St. John the Baptist Parish LAVINE information page, which explains how the notification system works and how to register.
The LA VINE phone hotline at 866-528-6748 is a free alternative that works 24 hours a day for those without internet access.
You can also use VINELink, the national platform that connects to the Louisiana LA VINE feed. VINELink covers 48 states and can track a person across facilities if they are transferred out of St. John the Baptist Parish into a state prison. Notifications go by email, text, or phone call at no cost.
State Prison Records vs. Parish Jail
The Sherman Walker Correctional Facility holds people arrested in St. John the Baptist Parish who are awaiting trial or serving short local sentences. It is a parish-level facility. When someone is convicted of a felony and sentenced to more than a year in prison, they are transferred to a Louisiana state facility under the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
If you are looking for someone who served time in a state prison rather than a parish jail, use the DPS&C offender search. That database covers state prison inmates, probation and parole records, and facility locations. It is a different system from the LAVINE parish roster. Someone may appear in one but not the other depending on their custody status and sentence length. The DPS&C imprisoned person locator can also be reached by phone at 225-383-4580, available around the clock.
Cities in St. John the Baptist Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish includes several communities along the River Road corridor. Arrests in all unincorporated areas are handled by the parish sheriff and booked into the Sherman Walker Correctional Facility.
Nearby Parishes
These parishes border St. John the Baptist Parish. Each has its own sheriff's office and jail booking system.