[StBernard] Suspected rifleman in Chalmette robbery arrested

[Westley Annis]

Suspected rifleman in Chalmette robbery arrested

Updated: Apr 03, 2013 5:25 PM CDT
Contributor: FOX8Live.com Staff

FOX 8 received this news release from the St. Bernard Sheriff's Office
Wednesday afternoon:

A 36-year-old Chalmette man, out on bond for two other recent arrests
including a burglary where he left his apartment key at the scene and one
for drugs, was arrested for the early Easter morning armed robbery of a
service station in which an employee was threatened with a rifle, Sheriff
James Pohlmann said.

Robert Clark III, Culotta St., was arrested at his apartment late Tuesday
night, April 2, and a crack pipe was recovered in a search authorized by a
judge, the sheriff said.

Clark was booked with the 3:25 a.m. armed robbery of a Shell service station
at Judge Perez at Perez Road on March 31 and he and Jaime Schlosser, 37, who
lives with him, were both booked with possession of drug paraphernalia for
the pipe possession.

Both are being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison.

Both had been booked with burglary of a Chalmette bar in mid-February after
their apartment key was found there after the burglary and along with other
evidence led to them, Sheriff Pohlmann said. Clark was also arrested in
early March for illegal possession of prescription medication.

In the latest arrest, Sheriff Pohlmann said, sheriff's detectives, commanded
by Maj. Robert McNab, developed information which led to Clark as the armed
robber, who wore a mask and distinctive clothing while carrying a rifle.
Neither the gun nor a mask have been recovered.

The S.O. also released surveillance video from the robbery.