UPDATE: Second suspect arrested in string of armed robberies and carjackings in two parishes
One carjacking suspect arrested; A second suspect is still wanted in a series of crimes across two parishes By Natasha Robin | February 17, 2021 at 5:57 PM CST - Updated February 19 at 2:45 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Police say the same two men are responsible for multiple carjackings and an armed robbery in both New Orleans and Jefferson Parish.
In the Jefferson Parish incident on Woodvine Drive, Police say a woman was returning home last Friday night. As she got to the front door, the two gunmen approached her and snatched her car keys out of her hand. Moments later, the gunmen came back and took the woman’s purse. The victim’s husband was inside at the time and came running out as the gunmen took off in his wife’s car.
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The NOPD said Dean also had an accomplice, 19-year-old Robert Garrett in these crimes. Garrett is wanted and remains at large. Author: WWL Staff Updated: 10:25 AM CST February 17, 2021
NEW ORLEANS New Orleans police say a man has been arrested they say is responsible for multiple armed carjackings in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish this month.
The New Orleans Police Department said Wednesday that 19-year-old Joshua Dean was responsible for five carjackings across both parishes between Feb. 9 - 13.
Investigators say the following incidents were connected and Dean was positively identified as a perpetrator:
Robert Garrett
The NOPD has arrested Joshua Dean, 18, and has obtained an arrest warrant for Robert Garrett, 23, in the ongoing investigation of multiple armed carjacking incidents in Uptown neighborhoods and in the Navarre neighborhood and Jefferson Parish.
NOPD Second District detectives determined that four recent armed carjacking incidents were related, three in the Uptown area.
Two occurred in Carrollton on Feb. 9, one in the 8100 block of Green Street, targeting two women delivering food. It was quickly followed by another on Cohn and Pine streets.
Another occurred late Saturday (Feb. 13) in the 3600 block of State Street. A 59-year-old woman and her 15-year-old son were picking up a passenger when two gunmen forced them out of their vehicle.