Category: Crime Map

Item # J-26452-23 (armed robbery)@700 S. Broad St. (Cricket Wireless) 10/28/23 4:10 pm;  A B/M subject  described as medium height, wearing a tan or brown sweatshirt, camouflage pattern pants, white shoes and lens-less sunglasses, and no age descriptors entered the business produced a handgun and demanded money.  The perpetrator was handed over $300 dollars from…

The biggest issues were a combination of thefts/shopliftings primarily in the CVS/Marshalls strip mall area.  The Tulane/Carrollton corridor, including the Shamrock, Vandal and Blue Diamond had some vehicle burglaries and auto thefts.  The Dollar General was burglarized during the early morning hours yesterday.  The vehicle burglaries and vehicle thefts were equal this week, the gap…

Item # J-06781-23 (simple robbery) @600 Block of N. Lopez Street 10/8/23 12:05 am;  The victim was walking at the location when she was approached by a B/M subject who asked for a “light”.  The victim tried to back away from the subject, who grabbed and took her fanny pack from and fled the area…

The map reflects an increase in vehicle burglaries, outpacing auto thefts this past week.  My opinion is there may be a shortage of weapons, the areas targeted are the Shamrock and a the Tulane/Carrollton Avenue corridor.  Continue patrols around the gas stations, Tulane/Norman Francis, N. St. Patrick/Canal, and Orleans and Broad and the business corridors…