[StBernard] Two booked with armed robbery in Chalmette

[Westley Annis]

Two booked with armed robbery in Chalmette
Posted by St. Bernard bureau July 12, 2007 12:51PM
St. Bernard bureau 

St. Bernard Parish authorities arrested two men Wednesday night in
connection with an armed robbery at a Chalmette gas station. 


At 10:15 p.m., a man entered the Murphy Oil station at 8101 W. Judge Perez
Drive and pulled out a knife while demanding money from the 25-year-old
cashier, said Maj. John Doran of the Sheriff's Office. 

After the woman opened the register, the man took the cash drawer and ran
outside, driving away in a white Nissan Maxima, Doran said. 

A short while later, a deputy spotted a car matching that description parked
in the 3700 block of Jupiter Drive. 

He detained two men sitting in the back seat with a cash drawer and arrested
them after the employee was brought to scene and identified one of them as
the robber. 

Marvin Varela, 26, whose address was unavailable, was booked with armed
robbery. The other man, who has not been identified, was booked with
possession of stolen property valued at less than $100. 

Doran said both men are suspected illegal immigrants from Mexico.