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Subject Wanted for Snatching Cell Phone in the Eighth District

by Paris Holmes

June 28, 2021

Categories: Be on the Lookout

Topics: Eighth District, Simple Robbery

Subject Wanted for Snatching Cell Phone in the Eighth District

NEW ORLEANS – The NOPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a male subject wanted for a simple robbery incident that occurred on June 25, 2021.

The pictured unknown subject was captured on security cameras snatching the victim’s cell phone from her hands in an elevator of a building located in the 500 block of Canal Street.  The subject fled the location after the incident. 

The subject is described as a black male standing 5’5” tall and weighing about 140 pounds.  He was wearing a white t-shirt, black baseball cap, and dark colored track pants with white stripes. 

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Eighth District detectives at 504-658-6080 or call anonymously to Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 1-877-903-STOP.