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NOPD Arrests Suspects in Fourth District Armed Carjacking

by Aaron E. Looney

February 2, 2022

Categories: On Duty

Topics: Armed Robbery, Fourth District, Good Police Work, Third District

NOPD Arrests Suspects in Fourth District Armed Carjacking

The NOPD has arrested Roderick A. Moliere (pictured, black male, DOB: 11-18-1998) and two teenage juvenile male suspects in the investigation of an armed carjacking on January 31, 2022 in the 2600 block of General Meyer Avenue.

At about 2:08 pm, the victim was reportedly parked in their vehicle when three unknown armed subjects who demanded the victim’s vehicle keys. The subject complied and the victims fled in the victim’s vehicle, which was then tracked to the 4400 block of Chef Menteur Hwy. NOPD Third District units were dispatched and located the vehicle. Upon observing the police units, the vehicle accelerated and struck a fixed object at the location. Three subjects inside the vehicle – later identified as Moliere, a 17-year-old juvenile male and a 16-year-old juvenile male – were taken into custody without incident. Following the execution of a search warrant on the victim’s vehicle, detectives located three loaded firearms in the vehicle.

Moliere was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center for armed robbery and armed robbery with a firearm.

The 17-year-old juvenile male was booked into the Juvenile Justice Intervention Center for armed robbery, armed robbery with a firearm and illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile. As this suspect was found to be the driver of the vehicle who attempted to flee, he was additionally charged with resisting arrest.

The 16-year-old juvenile male was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center for armed robbery, armed robbery with a firearm and illegal possession of a stolen firearm. Additionally, the suspect was charged with a second count of illegal possession of a stolen firearm that was reported stolen during an auto burglary in the Third District.

Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Fourth District detectives at 504-658-6040.