(map via NOPD)
Around 1:45 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, a Tulane student pulled into his girlfriend’s driveway in the 2800 block of Calhoun Street and went into the house, leaving her in the back seat and the engine running, according to a NOPD report. An unknown man then got into the car, and threatened her, so she got out, leaving her iPhone, purse and other belongings inside, and her assailant drove off in the car, the report states.
The car is described as a black 2014 Audi A4. The suspect in the case is a 5-foot-10 black man in his 20s with a medium build and short beard, wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, the report states.
Around 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23, two women — one in her 60s, and the other in her 30s — were in the 6300 block of Perrier Street when a man drove up and got out of his vehicle with a gun, according to the report in that case. The gunman took the older woman’s purse, then got back into the car and left, the report states.
Finally, man fended off a robbery attempt Monday night on Clio Street, New Orleans police said. Around 11:30 p.m., a man in his 50s and a woman in her 30s were near Clio and Carondelet (near the overpass) when a man approached from behind and pulled a gun, the report in that case states.
“[The man] noticed that the gun was fake and wrestled the gun away from the subject,” the report states. “The subject then fled in unknown direction.”
Anyone with information in any of these cases is urged to call CrimeStoppers at 822-1111 to leave an anonymous tip that could be eligible for a cash reward.
In an email yesterday from the Upper Hurstville Residents Association “At approximately 10:45 am while on patrol, Lt. R. Bush and Sgt. C. Hollinger responded to an armed robbery call from the NOPD scanner. Responding Officers arrived on scene just before 11 am with NOPD and interviewed the victim. The victim stated that at approximately 10:25am she came home from the bank went inside to get her dog to take it for a walk. While walking her dog a slim black male approximately 5-09 with a low hair cut, mid 20’s got out of a dirty silver Nissan Sentra and pointed a silver gun at her head. The suspect then demanded that she give him her purse containing $500.00, credit cards and she complied. The suspect then went back into his vehicle and fled the scene headed south on Calhoun towards Magazine street. NOPD detectives are in the process of obtaining video footage from Children’s Hospital and surrounding residents. There is no further information regarding this incident at this time.” Two armed robberies within 15 minutes in the same block, in broad daylight!! WTH is going on around here?