Stabbing leads to arrest of St. Tammany Jail employee

Son arrested for aggravated battery

By Erik Sanzenbach
St. Tammany News
Published on Monday, November 9, 2009 4:35 PM CST

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St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain announced today the arrest of a female employee at the Parish Jail.

Cheryl Ziegler, 42, 172 S. Cherrywood Lane, Pearl River, an eight-year employee with the St. Tammany Parish Jail, was arrested on one count of obstruction of justice.

Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. George Bonnett said deputies responded to a stabbing call at Ziegler’s home at approximately 6:30 p.m. Friday. Ziegler’s son, Tyrell Batiste, 18, same address, had gotten into a fight with another man, during which the unidentified man was stabbed. When deputies arrived, it was discovered Ziegler had taken the victim, who did not have life threatening injuries, to New Orleans. Bonnett said Ziegler did not take the victim to a hospital, but dropped him off at a gas station, came back to Pearl River where she was arrested. Bonnett believes the victim is still in New Orleans after he got himself to a hospital.

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Because Ziegler attempted to hinder the investigation by removing the man from the scene of a crime, she was arrested and booked with one count of obstruction of justice. She was released Saturday on a $5,000 bond.

Batiste was also arrested on one count of aggravated battery and one count of possession of marijuana. Batiste remains in the jail on a $20,000 bond.

The arrest was not related to Ziegler’s employment with the Sheriff’s Office. Her badge and commission were revoked immediately upon her arrest. Bonnett said Ziegler worked in the jail’s kitchen since 2001.

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9 comment(s)

r side wrote on Nov 17, 2009 7:53 PM:

" hold your head up miss.god will allway keep you.every thing happpens for a reason.when one door closes he always opens another "

fedup wrote on Nov 17, 2009 5:06 PM:

" Wait a minute! What's wrong with this picture.We've got hundreds of inmates in the parish jail and we have to hire private citizens to work in the kitchen. No wonder The STPSO has no money!! "

Mike wrote on Nov 16, 2009 11:27 AM:

" you can take a sister out of the "hood" but you can't take the "hood" out of a sister. That's not prejudice thats fact "

Educated wrote on Nov 14, 2009 9:46 PM:

" PLEASE, before you get on here standing up for such criminals, please make sure you use correct grammer, atleast to TRY to sound educated. "

Tonia wrote on Nov 14, 2009 12:12 PM:

" Every time something happens to someone who is black everyone wants to say prejudice, that's why LA can't rise above this... "

Sexy G wrote on Nov 13, 2009 10:26 PM:

" She didn't work in know kitchen. Slidell police officers are very very judgemental. I don't think that she should have gotten fired.Cheryl GOD makes no mistakes. He knows what best.Ever thing going to work out for you in your FAMILY!!! "

dee wrote on Nov 12, 2009 4:47 PM:

" I JUST DON'T BELEIVE THAT!!!!!!!!
I know that young lady and I know the police they lie about everything and to miss judge that young woman for being a caring mother and human is crazy but that just go to show you how prejudice LA still is. keep your head up Ziggy GOD is good and he is judge of all judges. And if they wanted to tell where Ms. Zeigler worked they could have told her correct job status. please..... "

R.SIDE wrote on Nov 10, 2009 10:17 AM:

" What happened to innocent until proven guilty. It looks like to me the S.O. was tired of employing this woman. Mandeville Police Officer gets demoted when it is discovered his home is a dispenary for drugs, a worker in the jail gets arrested and fired for giving someone a ride. The son should be happy now, he got his mother fired, and has probably caused her misery his whole life. Appears to be a model citizen for sure. "

Concerned wrote on Nov 10, 2009 12:02 AM:

" If she worked in the kitchen, why did she have a badge???? Wouldnt a picture ID be sufficient?? "

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