Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office arrests 3 women for store thefts

2 charged in Hammond theft; suspect ID'd in Ponchatoula case

Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested two women and is searching for a third in connection with several discount store thefts that occurred last summer in Hammond.

Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office arrests 3 women for store thefts

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office arrested Paula Forney, 47, Chekita White, 51, and Lisa Tate, 57, for the thefts.

Tangipahoa deputies: Woman arrested after stealing from Hammond Dollar General stores with two others

HAMMOND — A woman accused of stealing from Tangipahoa Parish dollar stores was arrested by deputies.Lisa Tate, 57, was arrested Thursday on theft charges. Tate, alongside 47-year-old Paula Forney and 51-year-old Chekita White, allegedly went into a Hammond Dollar General in June 2025 and one of them distracted the clerk while the other two stole a large amount of items.WBRZ previously reported that Forney was booked for felony theft, drug and fu…