[StBernard] New Orleans man arrested in St. Bernard robbery

[Westley Annis]

New Orleans man arrested in St. Bernard robbery

Published: Monday, September 26, 2011, 3:35 PM     Updated: Monday,
September 26, 2011, 3:59 PM

 By The Times-Picayune 

A New Orleans man was arrested Monday in connection with the robbery last
week of an Arabi convenience store, the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office
announced.

Leonard Jasper, 33, was stopped about 6:15 a.m. because his license plate
number and the car he was driving matched that of a getaway vehicle used in
the robbery. A sheriff's deputy spotted the car and stopped Jasper, who said
he was on his way to work in Plaquemines Parish.

The store employee who was robbed about 7:15 p.m. Thursday and a witness who
saw the robber drive away in a Chevrolet Impala both identified Jasper as
the robber, Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

No one was injured in the incident in which a man, implying he had a weapon,
robbed the store.

Pohlmann said Jasper confessed to the robbery under questioning by sheriff's
detectives.

Jasper was booked with first-degree robbery and is being held in St. Bernard
Parish Prison pending bond being set.

St. Bernard detectives had traced the license plate to Jasper, but couldn't
find him for questioning because they didn't have an accurate address for
him, Pohlmann said.