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Teenagers, including a Bridge City escapee, arrested in carjacking, shooting, armed robbery

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The New Orleans Police Department announced recent arrests in a carjacking and shooting in the Milan neighborhood and an armed robbery in Touro-Bouligny. A juvenile suspect accused of shooting a 59-year-old man during a carjacking was an escapee from the Bridge City Center for Youth, according to media reports. Authorities say he was one of six teens who broke out of the juvenile jail on July 17. He remained at large for hours after the other five were apprehended. Police arrested the 17-year-old and a 16-year-old female after the vehicle they were driving crashed on St.

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Police blotter: Armed robbery at Perrier and Bordeaux; carjacking at Second and Willow

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A carjacking and an armed robbery were reported in Uptown neighborhoods over the weekend. A 29-year-old man was at Bordeaux and Perrier streets on Saturday (July 23) at 2:10 a.m., when two armed men demanded his things. After the victim complied, the men fled in a dark-colored sedan on Bordeaux. The carjacking occurred Friday (July 22) at 10:30 p.m. Two men, ages 30 and 32, were in their car at Second and Willow streets. 

Two armed men in a black sport utility vehicle pulled up alongside the victims and demanded they turn over the keys to the car and other items. After the victims complied, one assailant fled in their car and the other fled in the black SUV. Further details were not immediately available.

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Police blotter: Victim injured in carjacking on Loyola and Nashville; man shot during argument; two men robbed at gunpoint in Touro-Bouligny

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An armed carjacking, a shooting and an armed robbery were reported in Uptown neighborhoods since Thursday (July 14) morning. A 59-year-old man was injured in a carjacking Sunday afternoon (July 17) in the Uptown neighborhood, according to the New Orleans Police Department. The victim was in the 5600 block of Loyola Avenue, near Nashville Avenue, at about 4:10 p.m. A man and a woman pulled up in a stolen vehicle, police said. The carjackers shot the man before driving off in his car. The Emergency Medical Service brought him to the hospital.

Police blotter: Armed robbery on Upperline, carjacking on Adams

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The New Orleans Police Department reported an armed robbery and a carjacking in Uptown neighborhoods this week. The armed robbery occurred Wednesday (July 14) in the 1700 block of Upperline Street, near Carondelet Street. Just before 11 a.m., a 46-year-old man was held up at gunpoint by two men. The victim turned over his belongings; police did not specify what was taken. The carjacking occurred Monday afternoon in the 1600 block of Adams Street, by the Carrollton Cemetery.

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Police blotter: Two carjackings hours apart in Leonidas; armed robberies in Fontainebleau, Central City

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Two carjackings and two armed robberies were reported in Uptown neighborhoods over the weekend. A 24-year-old woman was robbed at gunpoint by three juveniles at Audubon Boulevard and Walmsley Avenue on Sunday (July 10) at 5:10 p.m. The three assailants were quickly apprehended after police chased them on foot. Two armed carjackings occurred just hours apart in the Leonidas neighborhood. In the first, a 60-year-old woman was targeted. She was carjacked by three armed men Friday (July 8) at the 2600 block of Dante Street at 5:50 p.m. The gunmen fled in her 2012 white Buick Verano.

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Police blotter: Three vehicles stolen Uptown in 12 hours, and one carjacking attempt thwarted

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An armed burglary, a carjacking, a vehicle theft and an attempted carjacking were reported recently in Uptown neighborhoods. Three armed men stormed a Central City home early Wednesday (June 15) and drove off in a car belonging to one of the victims, the New Orleans Police Department reported. At about 3 a.m., the gunmen forced their way into a home in the 3000 block of Loyola Avenue and threatened the two residents, a 39-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man. They demanded the woman turn over her car keys, which she did. The fled in her vehicle, which was later recovered.

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Police blotter: 63-year-old woman carjacked in Irish Channel; stabbings reported in Gert Town, Hoffman Triangle

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A carjacking, an armed robbery and a stabbing were among the crimes reported by police in the Uptown neighborhoods over the holiday weekend. A 60-year-old man was stabbed in Hoffman Triangle early Tuesday (May 31). The man and a woman were arguing on the 3500 block of Second Street at 12:20 a.m. when the woman stabbed the man in his upper left thigh and fled. The victim was taken to the local hospital. On Saturday (May 28) in the middle of the day, a 62-year-old woman was carjacked in the Irish Channel.

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Police blotter: Shooting, carjacking, two robberies

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A shooting, carjacking and three robberies were reported Uptown since Friday (April 1). A 49-year-old man was injured in shooting Monday afternoon (April 4). He was fighting with another man at about 3:20 p.m. in the 2100 block of Washington Avenue, near the cemeteries in Central City. The man took out a gun, shot the 49-year-old in the leg and fled. The Emergency Medical Service took the victim to the hospital.

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NOPD arrests suspect in armed robbery, attempted carjacking

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The New Orleans Police Department arrested Tevis J. Stanton Jr., 20, on multiple charges including armed robbery, attempted carjacking and drug and firearm charges. On Thursday (March 31), members of the NOPD’s Special Operations Division led a fugitive investigation in conjunction with Second District detectives in an ongoing armed robbery investigation. Officers were able to locate Stanton and arrested him in the 1500 block of Saint Philip Street. Stanton was wanted in connection with an armed robbery of a pickup truck and other items on March 22 in the Carrollton area. Three men were robbed at gunpoint at about 8:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of Fern Street.

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Police blotter: Two shootings, carjacking, armed robbery, burglary

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Crimes reported this week by the New Orleans Police Department in Uptown neighborhoods include two shootings, an aggravated burglary and the armed theft of two pickup trucks. Double shooting: A double shooting injured a woman and a man in Central City on Wednesday afternoon (March 23). They were walking near Magnolia Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at about 1 p.m. when gunfire erupted. The woman, who has not been identified, suffered a graze wound to her leg. The Emergency Medical Medical Service brought her to the hospital.