Reanna Machado	Bridget McKnight

Mar 8, 2010 - A Chalmette woman who worked at a restaurant was literally caught purple-handed from invisible dye placed on marked money and she and another employee were booked with felony theft by systematically stealing a substantial amount of money over a period of months, Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Reanna Machado, 26, and Bridget McKnight, 27, both of 3338 Pakenham Drive, Chalmette, were both booked March 6 with felony theft by sheriff’s detectives commanded by Col. John Doran, Pohlmann said. Both have been released on bonds of $10,000 each and the case will be referred to the district attorney’s office for prosecution.

The owner of the restaurant, which wasn’t identified, determined  a large sum of money was missing ...

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Nicholas Lee, 19	Jaelin Manuel, 19

Mar 8, 2010 - Mar 8, 2010 - A St. Bernard Parish couple was arrested at a parade Sunday, March 7, after giving the man’s 1-year-old son a chocolate-flavored daiquiri beverage in his baby bottle, Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

He said the father, Nicholas Lee, 19, 2221 W. Christie, Poydras, and his girlfriend, Jaelin Manuel, 19, 404 Alpaca, Arabi, - who isn’t the child’s biological mother - were booked with cruelty to a juvenile in a 4:30 p.m. incident in Chalmette as the couple watched the Irish, Italian and Islenos Community Parade.

A witness on the parade route told a sheriff’s deputy the couple poured a frozen alcoholic beverage ...

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Produce, beads and trinkets filled the air in Chalmette and Arabi on Sunday, March 7 as a large crowd turned out on a beautiful day to see the Irish, Italian and Islenos Parade, which had more than 40 floats as it passed on the Judge Perez Drive route. A float featuring Canadian iconic images was part of the festivity. Also, the four-member motorcycle division from the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office was out in force, including, from left, sheriff’s deputies Thomas Spicuzza, Lt. Brent Bourgeois and Lt. Mike Ingargiola and, behind them, Deputy Jared Gourgeois ...

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Mar 3, 2010 - An illegal alien living in Chalmette was booked Tuesday, March 2, with three counts of forcible rape and other sex crimes involving a juvenile teen-age girl over the past six months, St. Bernard Parish Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.
 
Alvaro Gonzalez, 34, who has been living in Chalmette about a year but is an illegal alien from Mexico, Pohlmann said, was also booked with two counts of attempted forcible rape and two counts of molestation of the girl as well as the three counts of forcible rape ...

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