Jan. 26, 2012- Following up on two related probes, St. Bernard Parish sheriff’s detectives and patrol deputies have arrested six young New Orleans men within a 24-hour period, including 4 in a 20-vehicle burglary spree Jan. 25 and two in the recent theft of a 4-wheel all-terrain vehicle, Sheriff-elect James Pohlmann said.

The common thread in the arrests is that all 6 subjects live in the same area of eastern New Orleans and apparently were targeting St. Bernard for thefts and burglaries, Pohlmann said.

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Jan. 25, 2012 - Three eastern New Orleans teen-age males went on a spree of some 20 vehicle burglaries in St. Bernard Parish early Wednesday morning but were caught by deputies near a school, recovering a stash of stolen property including two rifles and scopes, a cross bow, $430 cash, jewelry and other items, Sheriff-elect James Pohlmann said.

Calls to the Sheriff’s Office about burglaries involving three young men began coming in about 3 a.m. from the Meraux area, Pohlmann said.

He said patrol deputies, alerted by a resident who was a victim of and an attempted theft of a 4-wheel all-terrain vehicle, tracked down and arrested an 18-year-old and two 15-year-olds about 6:45 a.m. Wednesday.

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Jan. 24, 2012 - It seemed like it could be a real robbery at a Chalmette supermarket, complete with an assistant manger being struck by a man with a gun and being forced to open a safe.

But St. Bernard sheriff’s detectives quickly found that things didn’t add up in the reported 12:45 a.m. robbery at a Winn-Dixie store on Paris Road, which happened after it had closed for the night, Sheriff-elect James Pohlmann said.

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