Man booked in Tangipahoa Parish after alleged killing of parents
TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The man accused of killing his parents in the Amite area, and later arrested in California, has now been booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail.
According to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office, 34-year-old Joshua Brocato is accused of shooting and killing his parents, Marc and Priscilla Brocato, on April 3.
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He was arrested in California a day later, on April 4, and arrived back in Tangipahoa Parish over the night of Thursday, April 17.
Joshua faces two counts of first-degree murder, one count of manufacturing/cultivating marijuana, one count of manufacture/distribute/possession of hallucinogenic plants and one count of possession of weapons while in possession of CDS.
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