[StBernard] St. Bernard police seeking armed burglar

[Westley Annis]

St. Bernard police seeking armed burglar

Published: Saturday, April 09, 2011, 10:04 PM     Updated: Saturday, April
09, 2011, 10:04 PM

 By Times-Picayune Staff 

A man is wanted in St. Bernard Parish for a March 20 aggravated burglary in
Arabi, Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Detectives identified Kenneth Sextion, 25, as the man who tried to kick in
the front door of an apartment in the 1200 block of Tenebrach Drive. The
resident looked down from an upstairs window and saw Sextion holding a
handgun and arguing with a woman who wanted him to leave with her, Pohlmann
said.

The resident said he might have seen the man around the apartment complex
before.

The resident said he yelled down at the intruder that he had a gun also, and
both the man and woman fled, Pohlmann said.

Detectives recently obtained a warrant from a judge for the arrest of
Sextion for aggravated burglary.

Sextion has a lengthy criminal record and should be considered armed, said
spokesman Steve Cannizaro. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should
call the Sheriff's Office at 271-2501 or Crimestoppers at 822-1111, and they
could be eligible for a reward.