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Apology: The last email I failed to send "blind" and email addresses were exposed. If anyone emails you spam as a result of it, please use the spamblocking feature of your email program to block them or unsubscribe from their list. I'll be more careful in the future to email a blind copy.
Crime alerts: Capt. Hosli and I are planning on meeting this coming week to work out the procedures for issuing alerts about crimes occurring in the French Quarter and Marigny Triangle. Stay tuned.
Purse snatcher nabbed: As you probably know by now, a suspect was arrested Tuesday 3/13/07, in the brutal beating robbery of Gregg and Belinda Huber at Gov. Nicholls and Burgundy on 2/28/07. The other perpetrator who was driving the vehicle is still at large.
Ronald Martin, 30, was apprehended by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office and turned over to the NOPD. He is being held in Orleans Parish Prison on $180,000 bond on charges of 2nd degree battery, simple battery, and purse snatching. He is due in Magistrate Court Section M5 on 5/13/07 at 9 a.m. for a "show cause" hearing to determine if there's enough evidence to charge him, in case you want to follow the case.
He was also charged in another incident with attempted simple kidnapping, 2nd degree battery, and aggravated armed robbery. He is being held on a separate $350,000 bond in that case. His "show cause" hearing is tomorrow 3/19/07 at 10 a.m. in Magistrate Court Section M1.
Purse snatching thwarted: Quick action by a citizen resulted in the apprehension of 3 of 4 young thugs who snatched the purse of woman outside of Matassa's Market at Dauphine and St. Philip on Friday afternoon 3/9/07. The citizen chased the perpetrators down and corralled them until the police arrived to arrest them. The woman's purse was recovered with nothing stolen.
Big buses: Marc Turk of Chartres Street flagged down an oversized tour bus that was illegally in the 800 block of Royal Street on Tuesday afternoon 3/13/07. A NOPD officer who responded criticized Turk for stopping the bus and sided with bus driver, letting him go without a citation. Capt. Hosli responded: "I will ask my officers to enforce the laws when they observe the violations." And he said he would speak to the officer who responded to the call, adding "let me be the first to apologize for any wrong doings on my officer's part." He promised, "I will also make certain that the schools attached to the NCAA games are advised not to bring to large buses into the Quarter."
Use other numbers: In the email about the NONPAC meeting, I erroneously reported that Capt. Hosli said "if something doesn't look right" to call the 8th District directly. Those calls should go to 821-2222 for non-emergencies and to 911 for emergencies. (But Jarvis DeBerry in his Times-Picayune column this morning warned that if you call 911 you'll have NOPD officers on your porch asking for details. He cautioned that if you have a tip for the police and want to remain anonymous that you call 821-2222 instead.)
Thom Kahler
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