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History of the Sheriff's Office

History of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office

Plaquemines Parish was established in 1807 by Governor Wm. C. C. Claiborne, with the earliest recorded Sheriff of Plaquemines Parish listed as Charles Dutillet in 1844.

  • ? 1844 - 1849 Charles Dutillet *
  • 1847 - 1849 Thomas L. Huff *
  • 1849 - 1859 Robert Johnson
  • 1859 - 1864 Simeon Martin
  • 1864 - 1866 Levi Lombardi
  • 1866 - 1868 Victor Reaud
  • 1868 - 1871 Patrick Leonard
  • 1871 - 1873 Bartholomew Daunoy
  • 1873 - 1873 John Carrlington
  • 1873 - 1876 Oscar Sarpy
  • 1880 - 1896 Charles Thibaut
  • 1896 - 1916 Frank C. Mevers
  • 1916 - 1931 Ernest Alberti
  • 1931 - 1943 Louis D. Dauterive
  • 1943 - 1944 Walter J. Blaize *
  • 1943 - 1948 Benjamin R. Slater *
  • 1948 - 1969 Chester A. Wooten
  • 1969 - 1984 Herman B. Schoenberger
  • 1984 - 1992 Ernest D. Wooten
  • 1992 - 2011 I. F. "Jiff" Hingle, Jr.
  • 2011 - 2012 Michael LaFrance
  • 2012 - 2016 Lonnie J. Greco, Sr.
  • 2016- Present Gerald A. Turlich, Jr.

* Dispute between local Sheriff and Governor at the time resulted in dual office holding Sheriffs.

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