Tag: theft

IDs sought for 3 men in suspected valet auto theft on St. Louis Street

(Photo courtesy of the NOPD.)
Three unidentified male suspects are wanted by New Orleans Police in connection to an alleged Sunday theft of a car and several sets of keys from the valet section of a parking garage on St. Louis Street.

New Orleans Police request public assistance in identifying the three males who allegedly entered a parking garage in the 600 block of St Louis Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. on May 17 and took nine car keys from the valet area before stealing a white Hyundai Santa Fe SUV.

One of the suspects is believed to be an individual named Anthony McBride, New Orleans Police said.

The stolen Hyundai has a license plate number of 945DJB. For reference, New Orleans Police provided a picture similar to the one stolen, as well as a picture of the alleged suspects.

The Louisiana Supreme Court complex contains the only parking garage in the 600 block of St. Louis Street and is guarded.

Anyone with information on the identity and location of the wanted suspects or the stolen vehicle is asked to contact New Orleans Eighth District detectives at 504-653-6080. Anonymous callers can contact Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 877-903-7867.

Identity of suspect sought after alleged theft of Jeep on Iberville Street

NOPD searching for suspected thief who stole copper gutters from buildings on St. Louis, St. Phillip streets

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A suspected thief was captured on camera ripping pieces of copper gutters from buildings in the French Quarter early Friday morning, according to New Orleans Police.

The suspect allegedly struck two different locations in a matter of minutes, stealing copper gutters from the sides of buildings on St. Louis and St. Phillip streets, incidents that were captured on surveillance camera footage released by the NOPD on Tuesday.

The first incident occurred at about 6:30 a.m. on Friday when the suspect was seen removing a copper gutter from a business in the 900 block of St. Louis Street.

Fifteen minutes later, the same person was seen again removing another copper gutter from the side of a building in the 600 block of St. Phillip Street.

Light scrap copper—which includes sheet copper, gutters and other unalloyed solids with at least 88% copper—fetches around $2 per pound in Louisiana, according to various indices.

Anyone with information on the incidents is asked to contact NOPD Eighth District detectives at 504-658-6080. Anonymous callers can contact Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 877-903-7867.

French Quarter street performer arrested for allegedly stealing artists’ carts and pushing them into Mississippi River

Landon Semones. Courtesy of NOPD.

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.