Arrest Report- July 23, 2025

St. Mary Parish Sheriff Gary Driskell advises that over the last 24-hour reporting period, the Sheriff's Office responded to complaints and reports the following arrests:

NARCOTICS SECTION

Kerry Edwards, 65, Jeanerette, LA, was arrested on July 22, 2025, at 1:58 pm for attempted second-degree murder and obstruction of justice, and on a Jeanerette City warrant for failure to appear for the charge of simple battery. 

On July 22, 2025, SMPSO dispatch advised units of a shooting on St. Peter Road in which male subjects were observed shooting a handgun at a male subject near the roadway. Upon arrival, detectives began an investigation and developed Edwards as a suspect in the shooting.

Contact was made with Edwards, who admitted to firing the gun and then throwing it into the woods nearby. Edwards was transported to the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center for booking. Bail has not been set at this time.

Bail has not been set at this time.

Lt. David Spencer
Public Information Officer
St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office