NOPD has arrested six suspects on April 15, 2021 – including five juveniles – believed to be involved in a series of simple robberies, auto burglaries and auto thefts throughout the City of New Orleans.
Jarmon James and five juvenile males (three 16-year-old males, one 15-year-old male and one 13-year-old male) were all taken into custody.
At about 6:15 p.m., NOPD Third District officers engaged in an authorized vehicle pursuit of a black 2020 BMW X4 which had been reported stolen earlier that day from the 6200 block of South Claiborne Avenue.
The pursuit originated at the intersection of Paris Avenue and Gentilly Boulevard.
The vehicle matched the description of a suspect vehicle involved in additional vehicles burglaries in the Second District, simple robbery incidents in the First and Third districts and an attempted carjacking in the Seventh District.
Additionally, the subjects were seen abandoning a Nissan Maxima reported stolen in an April 14 incident in the 3200 block of Gentilly Boulevard and believed to have been used in a series of criminal incidents in multiple NOPD districts.
The pursuit concluded in the 3800 block of Elysian Fields Avenue, where the BMW was found abandoned.
Officers observed multiple subjects running behind businesses in the 3800 block of Frenchmen Street and pursued on foot, making six apprehensions.
Additionally, officers recovered illegal narcotics and keys matching to four vehicles, including the aforementioned BMW and Nissan vehicles.
"I want to commend the work of detectives and officers from several districts for working as a team to arrest these offenders and take them off the street,” NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said. “One of these individuals is facing multiple felony charges, including five illegal gun arrests, related to incidents that have occurred in just the past month. We will continue to arrest these repeat offenders and work with our criminal justice partners to hold them accountable for their actions."