Halloween...ho-hum

Trick or treat--you decide: What's surprising about last week's Halloween is that everyone acts like it was something out of the ordinary. On the contrary, it was much like Halloween last year when 2 men were killed in the French Quarter and another shot in the head.

In the most notable case that weekend last year was the stabbing death of a Marine sergeant while escorting his wife in the Quarter. A suspect and his girlfriend were finally apprehended in December.

What may have caught the public's attention this year were the number of bystanders hit by stray bullets as gunmen in 2 incidents sprayed the streets with gunfire in going after their intended targets. Bullets flying all around takes the fun out of being there.

• Bourbon and St. Louis streets, 11.1.11, 12:13 a.m.: After a gunman opened fire on a crowd in front of Chris Owens Club, police at first thought it was a shoot-out between 2 men with checkered pasts.

Turns out, Albert Glover, 25, wasn't packing heat this night, though he had a long rap sheet and was under indictment for pushing heroin. He was shot dead and 7 other people who got in the way--4 men and 3 women in their early 20s--received superficial wounds.

Three days later (11.4.11), cops nabbed Marvin Carter, 19, and charged him with murder. Police Chief Ronal Serpas labeled both the shooter and the victim as possible career criminals.

Carter's record shows 6 felony and 6 misdemeanor arrests, including illegally carrying weapons, carjacking, trespass, and bringing contraband into jail.

Glover's record shows 5 felony and 17 misdemeanor arrests, including possession of heroin, marijuana and oxycodone, resisting an officer, and filing false public records.

• Canal Street at University Place, 11.1.11, 1:45 a.m.: Cops wasted no time in taking down Baltiman Malcolm, 24, after he allegedly opened fire with a Glock with an extended magazine, spraying 32 rounds into the crowd.

Dead in the aftermath was Joshua Lewis, 19; wounded were a 19-year-old boy and two 18-year-old girls. Lewis' offense? Bumping into Malcolm, which Malcolm took as license to gun him down with his latest illegal weapon.

When police saw 3 men running from the scene, they managed to collar Malcolm and one of his buddies while the third escaped. The second suspect was released while Malcolm was charged with one count of first-degree murder and 3 counts of attempted murder.

Why?: After the spree of Halloween homicides and scary shootings, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Super Chief Ronal Serpas were asking "Why?"

Mayor Mitch called it the result of a "culture of violence", what he sees as guns trumping fists. His criminal justice honcho, James Carter, touted other such sociological remedies.

Chief Serpas says the NOPD is doing "all" it can do (where have you heard that before?), and that 100 cops were in "spitting" distance (in the words of the TP) of the Bourbon Street shootout. (I don't know about you, but I can only hock one about 6 feet with a stiff back wind. In the video of the crowd fleeing the shooting scene that was shown over and over again on TV showed no cops. I guess the chief's spitting distance if far greater than mine.)

The problem is, New Orleans can't wait for the next generation to outgrow the "culture of violence" (if that miracle should ever occur) to cure the crime problem. The problem is right NOW and no number of officers on the streets seems to be deterrent--police are continually perplexed by the number of miscreants willing to do their dirty deeds with cops only a few feet away.

So what's the solution?

Obviously, the proliferation of guns makes shootings easier. Oddly, the guns are more often used on a shooter's rival than on a robbery victim. And, more often than not, it seems, the gun is in the hand of a convicted felon who has no right to possess it.

(The NOPD's 1st District, right across N. Rampart Street from the French Quarter's 8th District, has been almost legendary in hauling in felons in possession. The entire NOPD could take lessons from Cmdr. Robert Norton's troops.)

Ironically, in New Orleans this week was William Bratton, former police chief of New York and Los Angeles--the father of the "broken window" tactic of policing that says if you take care of the small problems it will help solve the big ones.

This bucks the current trend in New Orleans to let the little crimes slide and concentrate on the big ones. That seems to mean that dog poop will accumulate on the sidewalks, graffiti on signs, glass bottles on the streets (which often wind up as weapons), all the while allowing cops to go after the really bad guys. Maybe.

But I contend this indifference to the small stuff (and patrolling in cars with the windows rolled up and the officer on his cellphone to his girlfriend) breeds a lack of respect for the NOPD--reinforcing the old adage that "NOPD" stands for "Not Our Problem Dude."

Add to this the repeated effort to eradicate irresponsible cops from the force, and you can see criminals don't fear the NOPD--and feel free to operate with impunity on our streets.

Family rats him out: In great detective work that followed lax police work after a Slidell optometrist was murdered and robbed in the French Quarter, cops identified a Dillard student as the likely culprit. Then the suspect's family ratted him out and led police to 19-year-old Bobby J. Troy Jr.

U.S. Marshals arrested Troy in Missouri shortly after midnight Thursday morning (11.10.11) on a charge of 2nd-degree murder. He is awaiting extradition to New Orleans.

Police say Troy has been arrested in the past for battery and disturbing the peace, as well as criminal damage to property, and that he has also been picked up for curfew violations and as a runaway on 2 occasions.

Police say Troy has been arrested in the past for battery and disturbing the peace, as well as criminal damage to property, and that he has also been picked up for curfew violations and as a runaway on 2 occasions.

Troy is accused of striking 37-year-old Brent Hachfeld on the back of the head and robbing him at Dauphine and Dumaine streets on 10.16.11. Hachfeld was hauled by ambulance to the hospital where he died a short time later.

Homicide detectives were able to obtain video surveillance tape from around the crime scene and to match Troy's DNA from a previous domestic abuse arrest in March with evidence at the crime scene.

Then, acting on a tip, they sifted through hours of surveillance footage obtained from the Greyhound Bus station on Loyola Avenue and recognized Troy at the ticket counter and boarding a bus to Missouri. Arriving too late at the bus station to apprehend Troy, the police distributed pictures of him to local authorities there.

(The NOPD's highly-paid flak, Remi Braden, distributed copies of the surveillance video from Dauphine Street to "all local media" but didn't bother to show it to the public. Those TV stations might show it once or twice, but otherwise the public has no access to it, like on YouTube. More effort on the part of the NOPD's "Public" Affairs Division might have kept this murder suspect from slipping from local homicide detectives' grasp.)

On the ball: Sometimes it takes a while, but 8th District Det. John Ball always seems to get his man. This time the suspect was already in OPP after being arrested on another charge when Ball linked him to the shooting of 2 men last July in the 100 block of Bourbon Street.

Det. Ball booked Kendell Frank, 22, who had eluded police since the 7.8.11 shooting in front of the Krystal burger joint, and charged him on 2 counts of attempted 1st-degree murder on 11.4.11. When Ball found Frank had been booked into OPP, he put together a photo line-up to show a witness and got a positive ID of Frank as the shooter in the July incident.

According to police, Frank has a long criminal history, including illegal use of a firearm, aggravated battery, various other battery charges. He is being held on $700,000 bond.

On 7.13.11, police arrested Frank's accomplice, Michael F. Fulton, 21. He is being held without bond in OPP.

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Crimes in the last 2 weeks in the 8th District

Sunday (10.16.11)

Theft, Canal & N Peters, 6:20 a.m.
Auto Theft, Loyola & Poydras, 11:06 a.m.
Shoplifting, 406 N Peters, 9:51 p.m.
Simple Robbery, 700 Royal, 10:06 p.m.
Aggravated Battery, 100 Bourbon, 11:08 p.m.

Monday (10.17.11)

Auto Theft, 235 S Villere, 4:50 p.m.
Auto Theft, 701 S Rampart, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday (10.18.11)

Theft, 1542 Tulane, 8:47 a.m.
Auto Theft, Decatur & St Louis, 12:10 p.m.
Pickpocketing, Bourbon & St Philip, 4:06 p.m.
Auto Theft, Burgundy & St Ann, 4:40 p.m.

Wednesday (10.19.11)

Auto Theft, 301 St Joseph, 7:48 a.m.
Theft, 8 Canal, 2:43 p.m.
Auto Burglary, 100 Carondelet, 4:03 p.m.
Auto Theft, 200 S Villere, 5:10 p.m.
Shoplifting , 705 Camp, 5:29 p.m.
Auto Burglary, 365 Canal, 5:33 p.m.
Shoplifting , 400 N Peters, 6:33 p.m.

Thursday (10.20.11)

Auto Theft, 435 Esplanade, 5:19 a.m.
Auto Burglary, Baronne & Perdido, 8:35 a.m.
Simple Robbery, Decatur & St Louis, 12:33 p.m.
Theft, 123 Baronne, 1:40 p.m.

Friday (10.21.11)

Theft, 1300 Perdido, 2:45 a.m.
Shoplifting, 800 Canal, 7:08 a.m.
Theft, 800 Common, 9:36 a.m.
Theft, 935 Gravier, 5:28 p.m.
Pickpocketing, Bourbon & Conti, 10:21 p.m.

Saturday (10.22.11)

Theft, 300 Chartres, 12:01 a.m.
Auto Theft, 500 Barracks, 5:04 a.m.
Theft, 301 Camp, 5:42 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 935 Barracks, 11:22 a.m.
Theft, Decatur & St Peter, 5:45 p.m.
Theft, 801 Bourbon, 11:49 p.m.

Sunday (10.23.11)

Theft, 516 Bourbon, 12:20 a.m.
Burglary, 1300 Canal, 8:27 a.m.
Bicycle Theft, 1201 Burgundy, 12:42 p.m.
Theft, 500 Canal, 10:18 p.m.

Monday (10.24.11)

Auto Burglary, Baronne & Union, 6:46 a.m.
Theft, Magazine & Poydras, 7:54 a.m.
Auto Theft, 732 Camp, 9:23 a.m.
Theft, 129 Royal, 12:44 p.m.
Shoplifting, 808 Chartres, 5:35 p.m.
Auto Burglary, 600 Baronne, 5:56 p.m.
Auto Theft, Constance & Lafayette, 7:29 p.m.

Tuesday (10.25.11)

Auto Theft, Poydras & Tchoupitoulas, 2:34 a.m.
Theft, 1431 Royal, 3:22 a.m.
Theft, Poydras & Tchoupitoulas, 4:44 a.m.
Bicycle Theft, 1100 Poydras, 1:46 p.m.
Theft, 411 Bourbon, 10:26 p.m.

Wednesday (10.26.11)

Theft, 623 Frenchmen, 12:30 a.m.
Armed Robbery (knife), 500 Dumaine, 12:51 a.m.
Theft, 721 Bourbon, 2:42 a.m.
Shoplifting, 917 Decatur, 12:09 p.m.
Theft, 1500 Poydras, 3:51 p.m.
Theft, 739 Canal, 6:32 p.m.
Theft, 1300 Perdido, 7:04 p.m.
Residence Burglary, 637 St Peter, 8:47 p.m.

Thursday (10.27.11)

Theft, 240 Bourbon, 12:50 a.m.
Simple Robbery, Canal & Elk Pl, 10:32 a.m.
Theft, 1834 Dauphine, 11:14 a.m.
Theft, 300 Bourbon, 11:25 a.m.
Shoplifting, 1000 Canal, 1:06 p.m.
Simple Robbery Attempt, Decatur & Ursuline, 6:57 p.m.
Pursesnatching, 900 Dumaine, 7:03 p.m.

Friday (10.28.11)

Simple Robbery, Bourbon & Orleans, 1:05 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 300 S Rampart, 3:19 a.m.
Theft, 801 Chartres, 7:27 a.m.
Business Burglary, 800 Common, 7:39 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 500 Wilkinson, 4:45 p.m.

Saturday (10.29.11)

Simple Robbery, 500 Iberville, 2:13 a.m.
Theft, 1412 Royal, 11:23 a.m.
Theft, 201 Baronne, 1:59 p.m.
Auto Theft, 1212 Royal, 3:12 p.m.
Aggravated Assault, 800 Conti, 9:33 p.m.
Burglary, 300 Bourbon, 10:13 p.m.

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As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome at NOcrimeline@gmail.com

Thom Kahler

Good, bad, and ugly

BAD: Sloppy police work: Super Chief Ronal Serpas is death on lying by cops, but maybe he ought to turn his aim toward sloppy investigations by his NOPD officers. Consider the latest homicide in the French Quarter:

A passerby calls 911 to report a man lying unconscious in a pool of blood on the sidewalk at Dauphine and Dumaine streets about 4:30 a.m. Sunday (10.16.11). 8th District cops were called to a "medical situation" and wrote it off as another drunk who'd fallen down--never considering whether the guy might have been assaulted and robbed, seeing as how he had no ID on him, no watch, no wallet, no cellphone.

EMS techs found the victim was bleeding from the back of his head and had lacerations on his face. They detected he had only a faint heartbeat and weak pulse, and administered CPR before hauling him to Tulane University Hospital. The victim died at the hospital later; initial information from the coroner's office indicated the death was a homicide.

Police never identified the victim until his family filed a missing-person report later Sunday. He was Dr. Brent Hachfeld (pictured), 37, an optometrist from Slidell. Apparently he had attended a bachelor party at Rick's Cabaret, 315 Bourbon St., and for some reason had wandered 7 blocks to where he was found.

Now the cops have a mystery on their hands. Homicide detectives are checking for video surveillance cameras that might have recorded the crime on that route. They report that the security cameras are Rick's were not operating.

(Ironically, the owner of Rick's was one of the bigwigs who wanted to soak the residents of the Quarter a year ago for $1 million a year to form a "security district" to make the neighborhood safer. Maybe he ought to fork out a few bucks to fix his own security system.)

There's no reason at the present time to think the crime occurred anywhere near Rick's, particularly since the first flatfoots on the scene were quick to dismiss the case as a fallen drunk, rather than look for a trail of blood. Their lack of the suspicions you expect police officers to have didn't alert detectives who might had a chance to interview the victim before he died. The crime has yet to appear on the chief's vaunted crime map.

And what about police patrols? It's been a long time since I've seen cops patrolling Bourbon. In fact, during a couple of trips I took down the length of the street in the middle of the day I didn't seek a single cop or cop car. I did see a drunk passed out next to the shoe store on the corner of Canal Street around 3:30 p.m. a couple off weeks ago, but not a single cop.

Time to start kicking some butt, Chief.

GOOD: On the other hand...: As inept as the aforementioned homicide investigation might be, you can only be repeatedly amazed at how adept Det. Sgt. Nick Gernon and his squad of 8th District detectives are in finding suspects based on vague descriptions by victims. Case in point:

After a spree of armed robberies in the CBD last week, Sgt. Gernon and his team, including Det. Tindell Murdock and Det. Travis Ward, developed a suspect: Adkeem Johnson, 22.

Officers from the NOPD's Special Operations Division and the U.S. Marshals Service on Monday (10.17.11) swarmed a house in the 4800 block of Toulon Street in New Orleans East and took Johnson into custody without incident. The revolver used in the CBD robberies was recovered at a residence at 2828 St. Andrew St. in Central City where Johnson reportedly stayed.

He was booked on 4 counts of armed robbery and is being held on $400,000 bond in OPP.

The robberies Johnson is accused of include:

• Tuesday (10.11.11) 11:40 p.m. at Gravier Street and O'Keefe Avenue where a black robber took a 26-year-old white man's iPhone and a pack of cigarettes.

• Thursday (10.13.11) 11:00 p.m. in the 200 block of Baronne Street where 2 white men, one 43, the other 28, were robbed of their wallets and cellphones.

• Saturday (10.15.11) 9:30 p.m. at Lafayette Street and O'Keefe Avenue a 29-year-old white man was robbed of his wallet and cellphone.

Police report that in the past Johnson was arrested 3 times for resisting or obstructing an officer, disturbing the peace, battery, lewd conduct, possession of stolen things, and theft.

Johnson was one of a 6-pack of punks, ranging in age from 17 to 22, who were arrested in November, 2008 after savagely beating an older man walking from Burgundy Street to Matasa's Market at St. Philip and Dauphine streets.

Though they were after money, they were charged on a municipal charge of battery because they didn't actually demand money or go into the victim's pockets after it.

What verdict or punishment came out of that is shrouded in Municipal Court's lack of online documentation.

UGLY: Rape, yes and no: For too many years, the NOPD treated rape cases as too much bother. Consequently, rape kits used to gather evidence to identify DNA and other clues went unprocessed. Now Cmdr. Paul Noel, head of the criminal investigations division, is on the verge of processing the last of hundreds of kits by 2012. Already his diligence has produced DNA matches which have resulted in arrests and warrants.

But still, the NOPD is ambivalent on how it provides information to the public on rapes--140 of them since the first of May in New Orleans. Rarely is a report issued on rapes; when they do pop up on the NOPD's crime map there's only a notation of where it happened. No info on whether it was a domestic dispute, no report on the circumstances, no identification of the perpetrator, no ages of the victims.

In other words, you have no idea of whether a rapist is running loose in your neighborhood or it was just your neighbors having a tiff. For instance:

On 10.2.11 a police report said a black male followed a female into the restroom of an "unknown" bar at Bourbon and Conti streets just after 8 a.m. and assaulted her.

That lack of information kind of paints all the bars at that intersection with the same brush; should you be weary of The Famous Door? Or the Royal Sonesta? Or one of the two daiquiri bars on the other corners? What did the perp look like?

Wouldn't you like to know which bar so you could be a little more alert there? And wouldn't you like to know what the perp looked like?

On that same day, another rape occurred near Elysian Fields Avenue and N. Galvez Street. A couple of weeks later, a NOPD sex crimes detective had out a wanted poster with a thorough description of the perpetrator and a description of his vehicle.

So why not for the French Quarter rapist? Do we have a serial rapist running loose in the neighborhood?

C'mon, Paul. Let us know when and where rapes are occurring--and give us descriptions of the perps.

Why they call them clubs: Most violence in the Quarter is among friends who get into a tiff for one reason or other, and then one of them breaks off a beer bottle and cuts the other (I thought glass bottles were illegal on the streets of the Quarter?) But 2 clubs have had more than their share of assault and battery:

• 300 Decatur St.: This club has had about as many name changes as it's had cuttings/shootings/fights over the years.

Now known as Club Viola, a bouncer was shot there a couple of weeks ago on a Sunday morning (10.9.11) around 2:42 a.m. The bouncer apparently got into an argument with a patron in the bar and 86'd him. When the 41-year-old bouncer stepped outside, another patron fired off several rounds, striking him in the chest.

The shooter fled in a red sedan. He was described as a black dude, 5'9" tall, weighing 155 to 165 pounds, wearing a light blue buttoned-down shirt.

• 500 Bourbon St.: Chris Owens Club has had more than its share of conflicts among its patrons, perhaps stirred by the energetic entertainer's fierce Latin rhythms.

Last Saturday (10.15.11) two Hispanic men got into it around 1:30 a.m. The argument ended when one of the men broke off a beer bottle and cut the throat of the 23-year-old victim.

No description of the assailant was given except that he was a Hispanic male.

Robbing in the 'hood: More of the same...pursesnatchings, phonesnatchings, etc:

• Saturday (9.24.11) 10:47 p.m.: A 56-year-old white lady was standing in the 500 block of Barracks Street near Decatur Street when a black punk on a bicycle swooped down and pulled her purse from her grasp.

He was described as about 19 years old, 5'10" tall, wearing a light-colored shirt and dark hat.

• Monday (9.26.11) 10:00 a.m.: A 22-year-old Hispanic man was walking near O'Keefe Avenue and Perdido Street when he was held up by a black thug wielding a handgun and demanding his wallet and cellphone. The robber fled on foot through a parking lot to S. Rampart Street.

He was described as 25 years old, 6' tall, with a thin build and short hair, wearing a dark green shirt and blue jeans.

• Wednesday (9.28.11) 2:00 a.m.: A 65-year-old white man was walking in the 700 block of St. Philip Street by the Little Red Schoolhouse when he was jumped from behind, knocked to the ground, and had his wallet stolen.

He didn't bother to report the crime until the next day and then couldn't give a description of his attacker. Maybe old people who are so oblivious ought to stay home late at night.

• Thursday (9.29.11) 3:50 a.m.: A 24-year-old white woman standing in the 500 block of Royal Street (between St. Louis and Toulouse streets) was jumped by 2 black thugs who grabbed her purse and fled in different directions.

Both were described as in their early 20's, one 5'10" tall, heavyset, wearing a white T-shirt, and the other 5'7", wearing a blue and white plaid shirt.

• Monday (10.3.11) 3:05 a.m.: A 21-year-old was walking in the 700 block of Conti Street (between Bourbon and Royal streets) when a robber took money from her shirt and fled on foot.

Police apprehended Jammy Felton, 22, and charged him with simple robbery. He is being held in OPP on $15,000 bond.

• Monday (10.3.11) 8:36 p.m.: Two black boys entered the New Orleans Computer Repair shop, 1900 St. Claude Ave. One pulled a handgun and demanded money, which they got before fleeing on foot.

It wasn't long before police nabbed Demond Sandifer, 16; Raymond Williams (pictured), 17, was arrested the next day. Both were charged with armed robbery. Williams is being held in OPP on $100,000 bond; Sandifer is being coddled by Juvenile Court and we won't know what happens to him--until he turns pro when he turns 17.

• Thursday (10.6.11) 9:48 a.m.: A 37-year-old white man was in his car at Burgundy and Pauger streets when an masked black dude with a gun ordered him to get out and on the ground. The robber took his wallet and money, then jumped into his vehicle and fled.

Wouldn't it be nice if the cops would give the public a carjacked vehicle's make, model and license number so citizens would be on the lookout for it?

• Sunday (10.9.11) 5:50 a.m.: A 33-year-old white woman walking on Julia Street near Commerce Street when she was accosted by 2 black thugs who grabbed her purse before fleeing in a silver-colored "vehicle" (sedan? pickup? SUV? Don't you cops pay attention to details?).

The robbers were described as in their mid-20's, one 5'11" tall, weighing 160 to 170 pounds, wearing a white tank top and medium-colored blue jeans; the other 5'9" tall, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans.

• Tuesday (10.11.11) 2:36 a.m.: A robber posing as a customer entered Tango's Bar & Grill at Bienville and Burgundy streets sat at the bar and ordered a beer. After being served, he pulled a handgun from his waistband, racked the slide, and demanded the bartender fill a plastic bag with cash from the register. Then he demanded the wallet of the patron sitting next to him before fleeing on foot.

The robber was described as a black man, in his late 20's to early 30's, 5'6" to 5'8" tall, weighing about 160 pounds, wearing a cap, short-sleeved light-colored button-up shirt and light-colored pants. The robbery was caught on the bar's surveillance video.

• Friday (10.14.11) 12:00 midnight: A 21-year-old white woman walking in the 300 block of St. Charles Avenue, just off Canal Street, was knocked to the ground by a black guy who took her wallet. Several bystanders ran after the robber.

Officers arriving on the scene apprehended Kenneth Bradford, 48, who was charged with simple robbery and locked up on $20,000 bond.

• Sunday (10.16.11) 10:00 p.m.: A 29-year-old white chick, oblivious to her surroundings, had her cellphone snatched from her hand by a black punk as she was walking and talking in the 700 block of Royal Street (behind St. Louis Cathedral).

The robber and his accomplice were both riding black BMX-type bicycles. Both were 18 to 23 years old, one had very short hair and dark complexion, wearing a baggy black T-shirt; the other was described as having a medium complexion, wearing a dark-colored shirt.

• Thursday (10.20.11) 12:50 a.m.: A white couple, he 43, she 39, were on Decatur Street near St. Louis Street when 2 "shoeshine" men came up and squirted some sort of liquid on their shoes and demanded payment for the "shine". The man fell intimidated and took out some money, which the suspects grabbed from his hand, then demanded more before fleeing on foot.

Police caught up with the greedy duo and charged Junius Jones (top), 45, and Bryant Brown (bottom), 43. Brown was charged with 2 counts of simple robbery and one of aggravated battery; he is being held on $65,000 bond. Jones was charged with one count of simple robbery and is being held on $25,000 bond.

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Crimes in the past month in the 8th District

Sunday (9.18.11)

Auto Burglary, 600 Elysian Fields, 1:38 a.m.
Pickpocketing, 544 Bourbon, 2:42 a.m.
Armed Robbery, N Rampart & St Ann, 5:57 a.m.
Theft, 2 Poydras, 8:24 a.m.
Theft, 300 Decatur, 11:17 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 501 Convention Center, 5:24 p.m.
Theft, 315 Julia, 6:48 p.m.
Residence Burglary, 2000 block Dauphine, 6:52 p.m.
Pursesnatching, Magazine & Poydras, 11:28 p.m.

Monday (9.19.11)

Theft, 700 St Peter, 11:43 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 1500 Poydras, 12:55 p.m.
Shoplifting, 134 Royal, 4:15 p.m.
Shoplifting, 333 Chartres, 5:38 p.m.
Theft, 717 Orleans, 8:20 p.m.
Theft, Lafayette & Tchoupitoulas, 8:44 p.m.
Theft, 711 Bourbon, 11:18 p.m.

Tuesday (9.20.11)

Auto Burglary, 700 Bienville, 4:27 a.m.
Theft, 201 Baronne, 11:21 a.m.
Auto Theft, Girod & Loyola, 3:50 p.m.
Auto Theft, 1550 Canal, 6:18 p.m.

Wednesday (9.21.11)

Auto Theft/Recovery, 334 Royal, 1:15 a.m.
Theft, Barracks & Dauphine, 9:11 a.m.
Shoplifting, 706 Bourbon, 8:14 p.m.
Auto Theft, Magazine & Notre Dame, 11:10 p.m.

Thursday (9.22.11)

Bicycle Theft, 100 Royal, 12:22 a.m.
Business Burglary, 1130 N Rampart, 10:33 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 701 S Rampart, 4:31 p.m.
Auto Theft, 701 S Rampart, 6:09 p.m.

Friday (9.23.11)

Theft, 2 Poydras, 7:11 a.m.
Auto Theft, Camp & St Joseph, 10:46 a.m.
Auto Theft, 301 Dauphine, 12:03 p.m.
Theft, 830 Conti, 12:46 p.m.
Theft, 219 Loyola, 2:52 p.m.

Saturday (9.24.11)

Theft, 511 Bourbon, 12:12 a.m.
Aggravated Battery (cutting), Common & St Charles, 2:47 a.m.
Residence Burglary, Royal & Touro, 6:42 a.m.
Theft, 511 Bourbon, 6:56 a.m.
Business Burglary, 520 Esplanade, 9:06 a.m.
Theft, 555 Canal, 11:14 a.m.
Theft, 522 Bourbon, 11:17 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 1200 Bourbon, 1:29 p.m.
Theft, 334 Royal, 6:46 p.m.
Bicycle Theft, 800 Conti, 7:40 p.m.
Pursesnatching, 500 Barracks, 10:47 p.m.

Sunday (9.25.11)

Pickpocketing, 511 Bourbon, 3:27 a.m.
Auto Theft, Bienville & Bourbon, 11:59 a.m.
Pickpocketing, 833 Esplanade, 1:01 p.m.
Theft, 1500 Poydras, 1:55 p.m.
Theft, 1500 Poydras, 2:27 p.m.
Attempted Theft, 1500 Poydras, 3:51 p.m.
Theft, 618 Frenchmen, 4:42 p.m.
Auto Burglary, 1450 Poydras, 6:57 p.m.
Auto Burglary, 200 Burgundy, 11:30 p.m.

Monday (9.26.11)

Auto Theft, Decatur & Esplanade, 11:48 a.m.
Bicycle Theft, 930 Tchoupitoulas, 1:25 p.m.
Business Burglary, 1400 Port Of New Orleans, 3:06 p.m.
Auto Theft, 1000 Toulouse, 3:14 p.m.
Auto Burglary, 700 Conti, 3:15 p.m.
Auto Burglary, Canal & S Claiborne, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday (9.27.11)

Shoplifting, 900 Canal, 11:18 a.m.
Theft, 365 Canal, 1:10 p.m.
Shoplifting, 129 Royal, 1:30 p.m.
Shoplifting, 306 Chartres, 2:19 p.m.

Wednesday (9.28.11)

Theft, 830 Conti, 12:52 a.m.
Theft, 336 Camp, 12:56 p.m.

Thursday (9.29.11)

Pursesnatching, 500 Royal, 3:54 a.m.
Pickpocketing, 100 Royal, 4:24 a.m.
Shoplifting, 134 Royal, 10:40 a.m.
Theft, 311 Bourbon, 1:08 p.m.
Shoplifting, 601 Royal, 1:23 p.m.
Shoplifting, 700 Royal, 2:06 p.m.
Simple Robbery, 700 St Philip, 3:39 p.m.
Theft, 1500 SugarBowl, 4:45 p.m.
Theft, Canal & S Peters, 7:39 p.m.

Friday (9.30.11)

Shoplifting, 31 French Market, 10:54 a.m.
Shoplifting, 400 N Peters, 4:39 p.m.
Shoplifting, 333 Canal, 5:50 p.m.
Armed Robbery, O'Keefe & Perdido, 6:28 p.m.
Theft, 625 St Ann, 7:10 p.m.
Theft, 200 Bourbon, 8:51 p.m.

Saturday (10.1.11)

Theft, 606 Frenchmen, 1:14 a.m.
Pickpocketing, 333 Bourbon, 1:23 a.m.
Theft, 813 Bienville, 3:29 p.m.
Theft, 739 Canal, 7:53 p.m.

Sunday (10.2.11)

Auto Burglary, Poydras & Tchoupitoulas, 3:30 a.m.
Aggravated Battery, 921 Canal, 6:33 a.m.
Rape, Bourbon & Conti, 8:08 a.m.
Shoplifting, 405 Bourbon, 1:10 p.m.
Shoplifting, 823 Canal, 3:27 p.m.
Auto Theft, 600 Constance, 7:17 p.m.
Shoplifting, 917 Decatur, 7:53 p.m.
Theft, 226 Bourbon, 10:47 p.m.

Monday (10.3.11)

Simple Robbery, 700 Conti, 3:05 a.m.
Pickpocketing, 8 Canal, 5:21 a.m.
Business Burglary, 631 St Peter, 6:46 a.m.
Theft, 344 Camp, 7:42 a.m.
Theft, 315 Magazine, 8:06 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 700 S Peters, 10:03 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 755 Magazine, 10:36 a.m.
Theft, 1400 Chartres, 3:16 p.m.
Bicycle Theft, 127 Royal, 6:21 p.m.
Auto Theft, 618 Magazine, 8:11 p.m.
Armed Robbery, 700 Orleans, 8:36 p.m.

Tuesday (10.4.11)

Pickpocketing, 811 Iberville, 5:17 a.m.
Auto Theft, Conti & N Rampart, 8:13 a.m.
Business Burglary, 409 Bourbon, 9:18 a.m.
Auto Theft, Elysian Fields & N Peters, 10:45 a.m.
Shoplifting, 307 Chartres, 12:22 p.m.
Theft, 833 Poydras, 5:16 p.m.
Theft, 135 Decatur, 7:26 p.m.

Wednesday (10.5.11)

Theft, 1040 Elysian Fields Ave, 3:58 a.m.

Thursday (10.6.11)

Bicycle Theft, 400 Toulouse, 2:50 a.m.
Armed Robbery, Burgundy & Pauger, 9:48 a.m.
Shoplifting, 601 Royal, 2:04 p.m.
Auto Theft, 400 Notre Dame, 6:46 p.m.
Theft, 840 Tchoupitoulas, 11:08 p.m.

Friday (10.7.11)

Auto Burglary, 501 Tchoupitoulas, 7:16 a.m.
Theft, 850 Convention Center, 7:22 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 1000 Conti, 8:42 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 732 Burgundy, 10:01 a.m.
Shoplifting, 1018 Canal, 6:31 p.m.
Auto Theft, Conti & Dauphine, 9:21 p.m.

Saturday (10.8.11)

Auto Burglary, 100 S Rampart, 5:00 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 1100 Port Of New Orleans, 9:08 a.m.
Theft, 711 Bourbon, 5:47 p.m.
Pickpocketing, 200 Bourbon, 10:48 p.m.
Shoplifting , 729 Canal, 11:32 p.m.

Sunday (10.9.11)

Aggravated Battery (shooting), 300 Decatur, 2:42 a.m.
Pursesnatching, 300 Julia, 5:44 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 400 Burgundy, 6:46 a.m.
Auto Burglary, Andrew Higgins & St Charles, 8:27 a.m.
Theft, 600 Bourbon, 11:13 a.m.
Theft, 424 Bourbon, 1:50 p.m.
Simple Robbery, S Saratoga & Tulane, 5:53 p.m.
Theft, 939 1/2 Orleans, 6:11 p.m.
Shoplifting, 609 Chartres, 6:42 p.m.
Theft, 1000 Annunciation, 9:56 p.m.
Theft, 718 St Peter, 10:20 p.m.

Monday (10.10.11)

Auto Burglary, 200 Chartres, 3:27 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 501 Convention Center Blvd, 3:25 a.m.
Theft, 241 Bourbon, 4:17 a.m.
Theft, 907 S Peters, 8:21 p.m.

Tuesday (10.11.11)

Armed Robbery, 1000 Bienville, 2:32 a.m.
Theft, 500 St Charles, 2:48 p.m.
Auto Burglary, 1800 N Rampart, 6:17 p.m.
Auto Theft, 500 O'Keefe, 7:57 p.m.
Armed Robbery, Gravier & O'Keefe, 11:44 p.m.

Wednesday (10.12.11)

Auto Burglary, 600 St Joseph, 5:02 a.m.
Business Burglary, 747 St Charles, 5:19 a.m.
Auto Theft, 201 St Charles, 7:21 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 615 Baronne, 8:22 a.m.
Shoplifting, 129 Royal, 10:23 p.m.

Thursday (10.13.11)

Auto Burglary, Burgundy & Iberville, 7:05 a.m.
Auto Burglary, 1600 Perdido, 10:40 a.m.
Residence Burglary, 1113 Chartres, 7:24 p.m.
Aggravated Battery (domestic), Canal & Carondelet, 10:07 p.m.
Armed Robbery, 200 Baronne, 11:05 p.m.

Friday (10.14.11)

Simple Robbery, 300 St Charles, 12:05 a.m.
Auto Theft, Conti & N Rampart, 10:16 a.m.
Theft, 1000 Kerlerec, 1:41 p.m.

Saturday (10.15.11)

Aggravated Battery (cutting), 500 Bourbon, 1:34 a.m.
Theft, 1001 Toulouse, 7:13 a.m.
Theft, 700 Canal, 9:40 a.m.
Theft, 300 Decatur, 10:09 a.m.
Theft, 121 Chartres, 2:18 p.m.
Armed Robbery, Lafayette & O'Keefe, 9:30 p.m.
Theft, 730 Bienville S, 10:18 p.m.
Theft, 609 Bourbon, 10:33 p.m.
Theft, 800 Canal, 11:17 p.m.

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Thom Kahler