The New Orleans Police Department announced the arrests of two suspects in recent Uptown armed robberies
One suspect is accused in a string of robberies, three taking place within hours of each other in shopping center parking lots. The other is a juvenile accused in a Gert Town robbery.
Tony Hatcher, 33
Tony Hatcher, 33, has been booked in three Uptown parking-lot robberies and one in Mid-City.
The first was an attempted robbery that took place in the afternoon of Dec. 3, in the Costco parking lot. The victim, a 71-year-old woman, was putting her purchases in her car when a man approached her from behind and pulled a gun.