[StBernard] Two N.O. men arrested in Dollar Store robbery in Chalmette

[Westley Annis]

Two N.O. men arrested in Dollar Store robbery in Chalmette
wwltv.com
Posted on January 24, 2014 at 6:27 PM

CHALMETTE, La. - Two New Orleans men were arrested and booked with armed
robbery after police said they went into a Family Dollar store near closing
time, robbed the store and terrorized employees with what turned out to be a
fake gun and a kitchen knife.

Ronnie Morgan, 35 and Demar Jackson, 23, lived together on St. Roch Avenue
in New Orleans and were also suspects in other recent crimes. Morgan
reportedly had just been released from a halfway house after spending 11
years in prison.

Deputies were able to track down the alleged getaway car, finding it on
Paris Road on Thursday night with Morgan, two women and a child inside.

A spokesman said that a search of the getaway car turned up money believed
stolen from Family Dollar. A search of the suspects' home turned up a fake
handgun, a knife, two masks, a set of gloves and some duct tape. More money
was found in the home.
A rifle was located under the house. Another set of gloves believed used by
the robbers were found near the store.

"Detectives described it as a robbery kit,'' Sheriff Pohlmann said of the
items found in the plastic bag..

"It was great police work all around,'' Sheriff Pohlmann said of the
investigation that led to the arrests in less than a day, including
extensive help from New Orleans police involved in the case.

Morgan and Jackson, who is on parole from a robbery conviction in Jefferson
Parish and was arrested in New Orleans, are both booked with armed robbery
of the store. They are being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison.