Alleged camera footage of a suspect wanted for taking NOPD gear March 1 in multiple burglaries in the 500 block of Barracks Street. Picture courtesy of the NOPD.
New Orleans Police are seeking the identity of a man wanted for allegedly stealing several NOPD items from a car during a March 1 string of auto burglaries on Barracks Street.
The burglaries were reported shortly after 4 a.m. on March 1 in the 500 block of Barracks Street, according to New Orleans Police.
In one of the alleged auto burglaries, the suspect shattered the window of a vehicle and stole several NOPD items, including a reflective rain coat, a reflective traffic vest and a blue jacket with the NOPD badge and logo.
The suspect fled the scene on a bicycle towards North Rampart Street, according to New Orleans Police.
Anyone with information on the suspect’s identity and whereabouts is asked to contact the Eighth District detectives at 504-658-6080, and Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 877-903-7867.
New Orleans Police are seeking help in locating a .40-caliber pistol allegedly stolen in a Feb. 25 car burglary near the French Market.
The burglary occurred at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Feb. 25 at the intersection of Barracks Street and French Market Place when the passenger side window of a car was shattered and a Smith and Wesson .40-caliber handgun was stolen from the vehicle’s center console, according to New Orleans Police.
The gun’s serial number is FXB5976.
The NOPD provided a photo (pictured above) similar to the one that was taken.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Eighth District detectives at 504-658-6080, or to call anonymously to Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 877-903-7867.
Alleged surveillance footage of a suspect involved in a Feb. 19 simple robbery on Dauphine Street. Courtesy of the NOPD.
New Orleans Police are seeking a man who allegedly stepped on a wallet dropped by a victim, then stealing it before pushing the victim to the ground in a Feb. 19 simple robbery incident on Dauphine Street.
The incident occurred shortly after 2 a.m. when the suspect followed the victim into the 500 block of Dauphine Street, according to New Orleans Police.
The victim dropped his wallet on the ground and before he could pick it up, the suspect stepped on it and pushed the victim to the ground before fleeing the scene, New Orleans Police said.
Anyone who can help New Orleans Police Eighth District detectives identify and locate the pictured subject is asked to call 504-658-6080. Citizens with information are asked to call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 877-903-7867.
New Orleans Police is asking the public to help locate and identify a man wanted in connection to an alleged Feb. 16 criminal damage incident that occurred on Dauphine Street.
The incident occurred at approximately 6:30 a.m. at a bar in the 400 block of Dauphine Street when an unidentified male reportedly threw food at patrons and staff, then punched a sign at the business, New Orleans Police said.
The man caused approximately $750 in damages, according to New Orleans Police.
Anyone who may know the identity or location of the pictured subject is asked to contact Eighth District detectives at 504-658-6080. Citizens with information that can help solve a crime are asked to call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 877-903-7867.
A French Quarter street performer who allegedly pushed more than a dozen artist carts into the Mississippi River during the course of several hours in January was arrested Feb. 17 following an investigation by the New Orleans Police.
Landon Semones, 42, was arrested on 11 counts of theft and one count of authorized entry into a business after entering the Jackson Square Artists Yard on Jan. 31 and pushing at least a dozen artists carts into the river, according to New Orleans Police.
New Orleans Police responded to a call of a theft in the 700 block of Decatur Street at 11:25 a.m. on Jan. 31 and spoke to a victim who stored under the breezeway across the street from Jackson Square.
The victim told officers that he stored his cart under the breezeway on Jan. 30 and upon returning at 7 a.m. the next morning, he noticed the security lock on the door had been tampered with, according to New Orleans Police.
When the victim entered the storage area, he noticed that his cart and numerous other carts were missing.
Project NOLA, a nonprofit crime camera network, released a video on Feb. 12 that allegedly shows Semones pushing the carts one by one into the river during the course of several hours.
During the investigation, New Orleans Police identified Semones as a suspect and issued an arrest warrant.
Semones turned himself into the New Orleans Police Department Eighth District station located at 334 Royal Street at 9 a.m. on Feb. 17 and was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center.
Semones, who is known to perform as a mime in the French Quarter, is also known by the name “Dade Murphy.”
The Jan. 31 incident disrupted the daily routines of at least a dozen artists — including painters, musicians and other merchants — who cater to tourists in the heavily-trafficked tourist area of Jackson Square.
The alleged thefts of the carts reportedly damaged thousands of dollars of art and supplies, according to Cassie Tarr, who organized a GoFundMe page to raise money for the artists, adding that many of them lost their livelihoods in the incident.
The incident occurred less than a month before Mardi Gras on Feb. 25, during one of the busiest times of the year for artists, street vendors, performers and hospitality industry workers in the French Quarter.
“Many of the carts [belong] to our beloved older members of Jackson Square, folks who have been part of the cultural fabric of the French Quarter for over 40 years,” Tarr wrote on the GoFundMe page.
The GoFundMe page, which was created on Feb. 5, has raised more than $20,000, just short of the $25,000 goal, and will be distributed equally among the 13 artists who lost their carts, Tarr wrote.
Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Eighth District detectives at 504-658-6080.
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