What is it about 2 a.m.?: A rash of armed robberies in the past few days have all happened shortly after 2 a.m. In the 2 most recent, both in the Marigny Triangle, 2 black bucks are described as the culprits.
- Wednesday (7.30.08), 2:05 a.m.: A white couple were walking near Royal and Touro streets when a black Ford Expedition pulled along side of them them and 2 black dudes got out, each armed with a pistol. They demanded the victims' wallet and purse and the victims complied. The robbers got back in their vehicle and fled down Royal to Esplanade Avenue.
The robbers were described as both in their 20's, one 6' tall, weighing 160 pounds, the other 6'2" tall, weighing 170 pounds, both wearing all black clothing.
- Tuesday (7.29.08), 2:30 a.m.: A white couple walking near Royal and Frenchmen streets were accosted by 2 black dudes, one of whom pulled a pistol and demanded money. The victims complied and the robbers fled on foot up Frenchmen, turning on Burgundy Street, heading toward Elysian Fields Avenue.
The robbers were described as 26 to 28 years old; one 6' tall, weighing 170 pounds, with short twists in his hair, no facial hair; the other 6'2" tall, weighing 160 pounds, wearing a dark hat; both were wearing dark clothing.
- Saturday (7.26.08), 2:38 a.m.: A white woman, walking in the 700 block of Esplanade Avenue, near Royal Street, was approached from the front by a Hispanic man armed with a pistol. He took the woman's purse from her shoulder and fled to a late-model, dark-colored SUV which sped down Esplanade toward the river.
The robber was described as 27 to 34 years old, 5'5" tall, weighing 170 pounds.
Broad daylight: An Asian woman, maybe a tourist, was walking with another woman along Burgundy Street near Conti Street at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday (7.30.08), when a black man driving a dark green GMC Suburban leaned out of the window and grabbed the woman's purse. He fled down Burgundy. No further description of the thief was available.
"I've been robbed, I think": A white guy told police on Friday (7.25.08) that he had been robbed almost 4 weeks earlier on 6.30.08. He was attempting to use his credit card in the ATM machine near Bourbon and Canal streets at 2 a.m. He said someone grabbed the card from his hand and fled. The "victim" said he was too intoxicated to give a description of the alleged perpetrator. But now he has the paperwork from the police he needs for his insurance company.
Malta's murderer?: NOPD detectives yesterday (7.30.08) booked Mark Anthony O
tt, 31, with 1st-degree murder in the June, 2007 death of Robin Malta, the owner of Salon D'Malta in the 1200 block of Decatur Street.
"I've been robbed, I think": A white guy told police on Friday (7.25.08) that he had been robbed almost 4 weeks earlier on 6.30.08. He was attempting to use his credit card in the ATM machine near Bourbon and Canal streets at 2 a.m. He said someone grabbed the card from his hand and fled. The "victim" said he was too intoxicated to give a description of the alleged perpetrator. But now he has the paperwork from the police he needs for his insurance company.
Malta's murderer?: NOPD detectives yesterday (7.30.08) booked Mark Anthony O
tt, 31, with 1st-degree murder in the June, 2007 death of Robin Malta, the owner of Salon D'Malta in the 1200 block of Decatur Street.Malta, 43, was beaten to death inside his home in the 600 block of Port Street in the Faubourg Marigny. Police said Ott was linked to Malta's murder by DNA evidence.
Last November, police said they had arrested Laura Michelle Lapaz in Malta's murder, saying she had hired someone to kill Malta for a drug debt owed to Lapaz. Lapaz, who is in federal custody awaiting trial in August on federal drug and gun charges, has not been charged by the NOPD in Malta's murder.
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