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NOPD Arrests Multiple Juvenile Suspects in Investigation of Carjacking Incidents

by Aaron E. Looney

December 1, 2022

Categories: On Duty

Topics: Armed Robbery, Eighth District, First District, Good Police Work, Second District, Third District

NOPD Arrests Multiple Juvenile Suspects in Investigation of Carjacking Incidents

The NOPD has arrested six juvenile black male suspects for illegal firearm possession and for possession of stolen property. These arrests were made relative to the investigation of multiple armed carjacking incidents reported on November 29, 2022.

Through investigation, members of NOPD’s Violent Crime Abatement and Investigative Team (VCAIT) assisted district detective units in locating the four vehicles reported stolen between armed carjacking incidents in the 3400 block of Esplanade Avenue, at the intersection of Bordeaux and Tchoupitoulas streets, the 1000 block of North Peters Street and in the 700 block of South Cortez Street.

In two arrests connected with these investigations, one on November 29 in the Third District and the other on November 30 in the First District, officers located and apprehended a total of four teenaged juvenile black males found to be in possession of two of the reported stolen vehicles. Two handguns were also confiscated between the two arrests.

Detectives enacted related search warrants on November 29 at residences in the Seventh and Third districts, which led to the arrest of two additional teenaged juvenile black males. Five total firearms, two of which had been reported as stolen, were recovered in these searches.

The two remaining stolen vehicles were located on November 30 at a location in the Seventh District.

The arrested suspects were each booked into the Juvenile Justice Intervention Center on November 29 and 30 on the following charges:

  • A 17-year-old juvenile black male, charged with resisting an officer, unauthorized use of a moveable and with illegal possession of stolen things.
  • A 15-year-old juvenile black male, charged with possession of a firearm by a juvenile, illegal possession of stolen things and with unauthorized use of a moveable.
  • A 15-year-old juvenile black male, charged with possession of a firearm by a juvenile and with illegal possession of stolen firearms.
  • A 16-year-old juvenile black male, charged with illegal possession of stolen things and with unauthorized use of a moveable.
  • A 15-year-old juvenile black male, charged with possession of a firearm by a juvenile and for illegal possession of stolen firearms.
  • A 17-year-old juvenile black male, charged with unauthorized use of a moveable, illegal possession of stolen things and with possession of a firearm by a juvenile.

Additional charges are forthcoming regarding these investigations.

All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Anyone with additional information that can assist in these investigations is urged to contact NOPD First District detectives at 504-658-6010, NOPD Second District detectives at 504-658-6020, NOPD Third District detectives at 504-658-6030 or NOPD Eighth District detectives at 504-658-6080.