ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — First Assistant District Attorney J. Collin Sims was sworn in as Interim District Attorney of the 22nd Judicial District serving St. Tammany and Washington parishes on Friday, Nov. 17.
Sims served under long-time District Attorney Warren Montgomery, who died of cancer on Nov. 11.
Louisiana Supreme Court Justice William J. Crain presided over the ceremony.
Sims is also a former federal and state prosecutor.
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