Persons Crimes

 The area of the 4400-4800 Blocks of Canal Street and the side streets immediately off those Blocks of Canal have been targeted for robberies, mostly juvenile perpetrators.  We’ve had two so far, two in the late night/early morning hours and one that occurred Christmas Day at 10:00 pm and was a late report this week.  Please focus area checks around that area.  The previous two robberies resulted in DIU identification and arrests (all were juveniles), looking at information in the latest one they may be juveniles too.  The victims in the late report were Hispanic males.

Item # B-02494-23 (reported) 2/3/23 12:59 pm (armed robbery) @4800 Block of Canal Street occurred 12/25/22 10:00 pm;  The two victims were sitting in their vehicle at the location, apparently had vehicle trouble.  The victims observed two B/M’s walking on the sidewalk approaching the vehicle.  Upon reaching the vehicle one subject hit the window, producing a weapon, eventually smashing the window, and demanding money.  The perpetrators fled with $240 dollars, a Chase, Home Depot and Lowes cards.

There were no violent crimes reported this week, that occurred this week.  The armed robbery that occurred Christmas day will be added to the 2022 stats.  The most common crime this week were thefts reported in both districts on every day except Saturday.  There were 7 vehicle burglaries, 5 of which occurred on Tuesday hitting the 3rd District portion of Mid-City.  All of the vehicle burglaries on Tuesday appeared connected