st mary parish jail

An investigation has been launched after a man died in the custody of the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office.

The man is in jail for allegedly robbing a business.

There were four people booked into the St. Mary Parish Jail in the last 24 hours.

There were only a handful of people booked into the St. Mary Parish Jail in the last 24 hours.

Deputies responded to 125 complaints in the last 72 hours, but they only nine people were booked into the jail.

A detective looking into how contraband was getting into the jail, says Yeron Diaz-Soler, admitted to the officer that he brought cell phones into the Law Enforcement Center in Centerville.