In The News...February 2010

New 34th Judicial District Court Judge Perry Nicosia of St. Bernard Parish was sworn on Friday, Feb. 26

New 34th Judicial District Court Judge Perry Nicosia of St. Bernard Parish was sworn on Friday, Feb. 26, in a ceremony in the main courtroom of the parish Courthouse in Chalmette, which was attended by the other district court judges including Manny Fernandez, Kirk Vaugh, Robert Buckley and Jacques Sanborn, as well as Louisiana Supreme Court Justice John Wiemer. Nicosia is shown taking the oath of office from Judge Fernandez, as Nicosia's wife, Nicole, and other family members participate. Also shown is the new judge with Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann. STEVE CANNIZARO PHOTOS.

Rapper "Juvenile'' and music producer arrested for marijuana possession in St. Bernard Parish at house used as a recording studio


The rapper Juvenile is led out of a house at 208 Livingston Avenue in Arabi in St. Bernard Parish, which was being used as a recording studio, after his arrest Thursday night for misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Also shown is Cpl. Leander Morgan of the St. Bernard Parish Street Crimes Unit.

Feb 25, 2010 - The rapper "Juvenile,'' of New Orleans, whose real name is Teruis Gray, and his music producer were arrested for misdemeanor possession of marijuana in St. Bernard Parish on Thursday, Feb. 25, at a house in Arabi being used as a recording studio, Sheriff Jack Stephens said.

Juvenile, 34, who has had numerous hit songs, and producer Leroy Edwards, 42, were released from St. Bernard Parish Prison on bond late the night of Feb. 25, several hours after their arrest in a house at 208 Livingston Avenue in Arabi, just off Rowley Boulevard. Juvenile's bond was $1,750 while Edwards' was $1,250. The cases will be referred for prosecution by the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office.

The men were arrested by agents of the sheriff's Special Investigations Division, commanded by Col. Chad Clark, after an anonymous complaint called to the Sheriff's Office about marijuana smoke coming from the house on Livingston Avenue, Sheriff Stephens said.

Agents arrived at the house after 3 p.m. and knocked on the front door and were met by the smell of marijuana smoke which when it was opened by Edwards, Sheriff Stephens said.

Edwards was found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana and others several inside the house were also questioned. Juvenile, who was eating food at the time, explained the house is owned by someone he knows who is allowing him to use it as a recording studio as he works on a new CD. He said he had been going there for several months.

Officers decided to seek a warrant from a judge to search the house, which had both audio and video recording equipment inside.. When a warrant was signed, agents began a search in which a bag of marijuana weighing up to one ounce was found in the kitchen, Sheriff Stephens said.

Juvenile acknowledged it was his personal property, which when he agreed to put that in writing, all but he and Edwards were freed to leave without arrest.

Juvenile and Edwards were then taken to jail to be booked, the sheriff said.

Man and a woman arrested in Chalmette in connection with separate murder investigations in Texas and California

Artis Pollard, 26 Maria Duran

Feb 24, 2010 - A man and a woman were arrested in Chalmette on Wednesday, Feb. 24, in connection with separate murder investigations in Texas and California, Sheriff Jack A. Stephens said.

Artis Pollard, 26, of New Orleans, wanted for the December 2006 murder of a bookmaker in the Plano, Texas, area, was arrested while staying with relatives on Octavia Street in Chalmette.

The U.S. Marshal's Service had information Pollard might be in Chalmette and the marshals worked with the St. Bernard sheriff's Special Investigations Division, commanded by Col. Chad Clark, to set up surveillance on a residence and arrested Pollard there, Sheriff Stephens said.

When captured, Pollard had several hundred dollars in counterfeit money on him, the sheriff said. He was booked into the St. Bernard Parish Prison as a fugitive.

Investigators from Texas arrived the night of his arrest and were to attend a hearing in a St. Bernard Parish court on Thursday, Feb. 25, in which Pollard could be cleared to be sent to Texas for prosecution, Sheriff Stephens said.

In an unrelated case, Maria Duran, no age available, who was living with a relative on Blanchard Drive in Chalmette, was arrested by St. Bernard Sheriff's detectives, commanded by Col. John Doran, after receiving information from authorities in San Jose, Calif., that she was wanted in an investigation of a murder and large-scale robbery of a businessman there.

Duran, who had obtained a driver's license in St. Bernard Parish, was booked with conspiracy in the murder and taken to St. Bernard Parish Prison and will appear before a St. Bernard judge to decide if she will be taken back to California. Investigators from the San Jose area pursued her to St. Bernard after finding she had a relative who lived in the parish, Sheriff Stephens said.

Duran's boyfriend and father of her child is under arrest in California in connection with the murder, along with four others, the sheriff said. She had been interviewed by authorities and released afterward but was gone when they looked for her again.

Eight pounds of marijuana, four guns and $3,300 seized; seven men arrested and probe continuing

Feb 24, 2010 - A tip about large-size sales of marijuana has led to St. Bernard Parish sheriff's narcotics agents breaking up a marijuana distribution ring by seizing a total of more than eight pounds of the drug, as well as four guns, $3,300 in cash and arresting seven men over two days, Sheriff Jack A. Stephens said.

The probe is continuing and more arrests are expected, the sheriff said.

Agents of the sheriff's Special Investigations Division, commanded by Col. Chad Clark, who made the arrests are also investigating reports that as many as 50 pounds of marijuana may have been delivered from Houston to one of the men arrested on Monday, Feb. 22. A 7th man was arrested on Tuesday the 23rd, Sheriff Stephens said.

One man who was arrested, Leon Guiterrez, 51, 2101 Maureen Lane, Meraux, admitted he received two pounds from another of the individuals but said he threw it in the Mississippi River after being warned later by the seller that sheriff's deputies knew about him and would be heading to his home. Gutierrez was booked with possession with intent to distribute the two pounds of marijuana he said he threw away, and with obstruction of justice. The marijuana wasn't found by deputies.

Sheriff Stephens said the eight pounds of marijuana recovered by the Sheriff's Office, which would have a street value of more than $10,000, was found over several locations.

Authorities believe two Violet men, Lionel Jackson Jr., also known as Tut, 28, 2225 Beachhead Drive, and James Lee Jr., 46, 5616 St. Matthew Circle, were the chief figures in the marijuana operation, Sheriff Stephens said. Jackson was booked with distribution of about 10 pounds of marijuana, based on information from another man who said he received that amount from Jackson and then distributed some of it to others. No marijuana was recovered at Jackson's residence. But the sheriff said Jackson was among three men including Leon Gutierrez, 51, 2191 Maureen Lane, Meraux, and Philip Marino, 47, 233 Bayou Road, eastern St. Bernard Parish, who received text messages warning them to dispose of their drugs.

Sheriff Stephens also said Lee's home is believed to be where the breaking down of large amounts of marijuana into smaller packages for sale took place. More than a half-pound of marijuana and a pistol grip shotgun reported stolen in St. Bernard Parish in 1991 were recovered at Lee's home, as well as packaging which allegedly had contained marijuana. Also, two digital scales were found, the sheriff said. Lee was booked with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm while in possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The operation began after a tip that a Chalmette man was selling marijuana by the pound, the sheriff said, and surveillance was established by agents on Jeremy Encardes, 24, 2205 Trio St., Chalmette. Martin Dippold Jr.., 25, 9022 Titans Drive, Chalmette, arrived and was caught trying to deliver one pound of marijuana to Encardes, the sheriff said. Encardes was booked with attempted distribution of the marijuana he was to receive.

Dippold, who agreed to cooperate, gave several pieces of information, the sheriff said. He claimed he received about 10 pounds of marijuana from Jackson; that he had sold two pounds of it to Guiterrez who he said was his uncle; and Dippold said he had more marijuana at his residence. Narcotics agents recovered five pounds of marijuana at Dippold's place.

But the sheriff said agents also later learned that while Dippold was in custody and giving information, he also found a way to send text messages by cell phone to Gutierrez who he said is his uncle, Jackson and Marino to warn them to get rid of marijuana, which allowed Gutierrez time to allegedly throw away two pounds he had and whatever amount Jackson allegedly had, Sheriff Stephens said. Marino's text came too late for him; sheriff's agents were already at his house at 233 Bayou Road in eastern St. Bernard, where one pound of marijuana was found, along with drug paraphernalia. Marino was booked with possession with intent to distribute the marijuana and possession of the paraphernalia.

At Dippold's residence, deputies, in addition to the five pounds of marijuana, also found $3,300 in cash, a shotgun, two handguns, several pills including Xanax, Vicodin and Roxicodone, a digital scale for bagging marijuana for sale and boxes of baggies and two packs of rolling papers, the sheriff said. Dippold was booked with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of the pills, illegal possession of a firearm while in possession of controlled dangerous substances and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Gutierrez admitted he received two pounds from Dippold but said he threw it in the Mississippi River after being warned later by the text message that sheriff's deputies would be heading to his home. Gutierrez was booked with possession with intent to distribute the two pounds of marijuana he said he threw away, and with obstruction of justice. The marijuana hasn't been found by deputies.

On Tuesday, Feb. 23, a seventh man was arrested in the case, William Terry Jr., 34, 2605 Farmsite Road, Violet, booked with attempted possession of marijuana for trying to purchase a half-ounce of marijuana at Jackson's residence, saying he had arranged with Jackson to buy it but Jackson wasn't home when he arrived. He was stopped by sheriff's deputies as he left.

New Orleans man arrested on attempted crack distribution charge in St. Bernard Parish had been ordered released from prison in 2004 on a murder conviction

Feb 20, 2010 - St. Bernard Parish authorities have learned a New Orleans man arrested Feb. 8 for attempted distibution of $650 of crack cocaine was released from state prison in 2004 after the state Supreme Court tossed his murder conviction because prosecutors had withheld information from the defense, Sheriff Jack Stephens said

Dan Bright III, 41, 1609 St. Mauricer St., who has said in interviews since his prison release he is working as a mentor to at-risk youth in New Orleans, remains in custody in St. Bernard Parish Prison in lieu of $50,000 bond.

Bright, 41, was arrested by agents of the Sheriff's Special Investigations Division headed by Col. Chad Clark, when he exited a vehicle in the 6700 block of St. Claude Avenue in Arabi, the sheriff said. Bright had 6.5 grams of crack cocaine, nearly one-quarter ounce, in two separate bags and also had in the vehicle four doses of the prescription drug Suboxone, used in the treatment of heroin addiction. The cocaine had a street value of $650 and the Suboxone was worth $80 on the streets.

Bright was booked with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and Suboxone and with driving with a suspended license.

He told St. Bernard agents at the scene of his arrest that he didn't know anything about the drugs in the vehicle and that he is a mentor to at-risk youth in New Orleans, the sheriff said.

Brigtht spent nine years in prison after his arrest for a 1995 murder in New Orleans. The Louisiana Supreme Court in 2004 threw out his 1996 murder conviction on grounds prosecutors in Orleans Parish had suppressed information Bright's lawyers could have used against the witness. Bright initially had been sent to death row for the murder outside a bar, but a judge later said there wasn't enough evidence to make it a first-degree murder and Bright then received a life sentence.

The Supreme Court agreed the defense should have been informed by the district attorney's office that the lone witness against Bright had a prior burglary conviction and at the time of the murder also had been drinking alcohol in violation of his parole. Bright's release was also helped by the disclosure of a paid FBI informant who said another person had claimed to have committed the killing.

Third person arrested in $8,000 cigarette heist in St. Bernard Parish; was also wanted in cigarette burglary in New Orleans

Feb 19, 2010 - John Glenn Tillman of Algiers, the last of three people wanted in an $8,000 cigarette heist in St. Bernard Parish last Dec. 5, was arrested by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office and transferred to the St. Bernard Parish Prison on Friday night, Feb. 19, Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Tillman was booked with felony theft of nearly 200 cartons of premium cigarettes and a case of premium whiskey, totaling some $8,000, from a storage area of a convenience store/gasoline station in Meraux in and is also suspected of taking part in a $10,000 burglary of cigarettes in New Orleans and similar crimes in St. Tammany Parish, Pohlmann said. No details were available on the arrest in Baton Rouge. A warrant for Tillman's arrest had been issued by a St. Bernard Parish judge.

Tillman will be held pending an appearance before a judge.

Pohlmann said, "We're glad to wrap up this case that involved veteran criminals who thought they could come into our parish, commit a bold crime, and not get caught. They learned otherwise.''

Two others wanted in the theft at Meraux Pitt Lanes were previously arrested.

Two men and a woman were seen on a store surveillance tape after they had gotten into a storage room while the Meraux business was open.. After the video was shown on local television authorities received a tip that one of the men was Kevin Ventry, 41, a figure in the early rap music industry in New Orleans in the early 1990s, who used the stage name T.T. Tucker. Ventry was arrested Dec. 13, Pohlmann said, in a joint effort by St. Bernard Parish sheriff’s detectives and New Orleans police.

Audrealla Thomas, 27, whom sheriff's officials at first had only said a street name of “Sizzlin’’ but they later learned her identity, was arrested on Jan. 16 by State Police at a casino in New Orleans after an arrest warrasnt was issued, Pohlmann said. Thomas, who has served time in prison in Texas, is being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison in lieu of $15,000 bond.

Ventry is being held in jail in New Orleans, where he was also wanted on a $10,000 burglary of cigarettes and a cigarette theft involving 30 cartons, both of which Tillman was allegedly involved in, Pohlmann said.

Five booked in 2 burglaries; quick reporting by witness brings fast arrest and items in pawn shop leads to another arrest

Feb 13, 2010 - Quick reporting by a witness who saw suspicious activity has again led to a fast arrest of two men in a Chalmette burglary and, in a separate case, three men were booked with burglary after items found in a pawn shop led to them, one of whom returned to the shop while sheriff’s deputies were there, Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

“Numerous arrests have been made in the last year because of witnesses calling the Sheriff’s Office in a timely manner to report something suspicious-looking in their neighborhood,’’ Pohlmann said. “Don’t hesitate to call 271-2501 if something doesn’t seem right, such as people you don’t know removing items from a house, putting them in a vehicle and driving away quickly. If it turns out there’s nothing to it, no one will be angry withy you. We will investigate all calls.’’

Robert Froeba, 40, 2613 Tara Lane, Violet, and David Maes, 18, 7 Cape Cod Court, Violet, were both booked the ni9ght of Feb. 5 with burglary of a dwelling and possession of stolen items after a witness reported suspicious activity by two men, Pohlmann said.

The arresting officers were patrol deputies under the command of Maj. Mark Poche,.

There had been a burglary on Despaux Drive and the men were stopped in a vehicle with items that were stolen, Pohlmann said. Property recovered was returned to the owner.

Froeba and Maes are being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison in lieu of bond set at $50,000 each.

In a separate case, three men, Chaz Mendoza, 22, of Slidell; Joshua Bordelon, 19, 800 West Genie St., Chalmette; and Shane Ruiz, 18, 2316 Gina Drive, St. Bernard community, were all booked Feb. 8 with burglary and possession of stolen property in a break-in on Jackson Boulevard, Pohlmann said.

Mendoza, who formerly lived at the residence that was burglarized, and the others are being held in Parish Prison in lieu of $50,000 bond each.

Some items stolen in the burglary were found in a pawn shop in Chalmette and had been pawned by Ruiz and Mendoza was with him, Pohlmann said.

While investigating sheriff’s deputies were in the pawn shop Mendoza came in and quickly ran out but was found hiding in the bathroom of a restaurant next door, Pohlmann said. Ruiz, arrested later, declined to make a statement but Mendoza and Bordelon, arrested shortly after Mendoz, implicated themselves as part of the burglary, Pohlmann said.

Administrative and civil divisions of St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office to close Feb. 15-16

Feb 12, 2010 - The administrative and civil divisions of the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office at 8301 West Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette will be closed both Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 15-16, for the President’s Day holiday and for Mardi Gras. Offices will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

Man arrested with $650 of crack cocaine; Also, a pound of marijuana worth $1,000 seized separately

Feb 12, 2010 - More than six grams of crack cocaine, worth $650, was seized and a New Orleans man who was allegedly delivering it in St. Bernard Parish was arrested on Feb. 8, Sheriff Jack Stephens said.

Dan Bright, 51, 1639 St. Maurice St., was arrested in a vehicle in the 6700 block of St. Claude Avenue in Arabi by agents of the sheriff’s Special Investigations Division commanded by Col. Chad Clark. Bright had the cocaine in two separate clear plastic bags and also had in the vehicle four dosage units of the prescription drug Suboxone, used in the treatment of heroin addiction, which had a street value of $80 total.

Bright was booked into St. Bernard Parish Prison on charges of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and Suboxone and with driving with a suspended license. He is being held in lieu of $50,000 bond set in the case.

In a separate incident, SID agents also executed a search warrant at 1001 East Genie Drive, Chalmette, on Feb. 10 and seized about one pound of marijuana, with a street value of $1,000, and arrested a man who lived there.
Curtis Mosely, 30, was booked with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and with possession of drug paraphernalia including a scale and plastic baggies for selling drugs.

Mosely was booked into St. Bernard Parish Prison but has been released on bond of $12,500.

Three men arrested in Chalmette burglary and recovery of 8,000 pounds of aluminum worth $10,000; also, 2000 used water meters stolen from parish gov’t

Feb 11, 2010 - Three men have been arrested Feb. 10 and 11 in connection with burglaries of a now closed Chalmette business in which more than 8,000 pounds of aluminum worth at least $10,000 was stolen and later recovered at two scrap metal yards, St. Bernard Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

In an unrelated incident also involving theft of metal, about 2,000 used brass water meters weighing about five pounds and worth about $5 each, were stolen from the St. Bernard Parish Water and Sewer Board. Anyone with information on the Feb. 10 burglary of a storage building in Chalmette where the meters were kept should call the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office at (504) 271-2501 or Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111 and they could be eligible for a reward.

Booked with business burglary in a Feb. 4 break-in of a now closed machine shop in Chalmette are Blake Rizzuto, 18, 2001 Mumphrey Drive, Apt. 3, Chalmette and Blake Chenevert, 19, 3216 Story Park Blvd., Meraux. A third man, Roger Encalade, 30, 1914 Andres St., Chalmette, was booked with possession of stolen property.

A witness saw a maroon truck leaving the business after the mid-day burglary on Feb. 4, with a large amount of aluminum in the bed, Pohlmann said.

After an investigation of scrap metal yards in the area, 8,000 pounds of aluminum taken in the Feb. 4 break-in was identified by the victim - – who had fabricated the items at his business – at a scrap yard on Poland Avenue in New Orleans. Records of sales and further investigation led to the arrested suspects, Pohlmann said.

But sales records and photos of items bought of the same type aluminum were found at a Chalmette scrap yard and detectives concluded the same closed business had been burglarized several times in January and February, Pohlmann said.

Rizzuto, arrested Feb. 10, was being held in St. Bernard Prison in lieu of $100,000 bond, and Chenevert, and Encalade, both booked Feb. 11, are being held without bond pending an appearance before a magistrate judge.

Knights of Nemesis

The Knights of Nemesis paraded in Chalmette and Arabi on a chilly afternoon and evening on Saturday, Feb. 6. Children are shown greeting McGruff the Crime Dog, international sysmbol of crime-fighting, portrayed by Greer Cuccia of the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office. Also Lt. Lisa Jackson, head of the sheriff's D.A.R.E. anti-drug and violence program in parish schools, and D.A.R.E. instructor Dep. Darrin Miller are shown riding in trhe parade. Float-rider Sam Catalanotto prepares to throw a handful of cups to the crowd on West Judge Perez Drive. A boy on the route raises a wooden spear to gesture for throws.

Man booked with carrying firearm on school grounds after argument at a middle school basketball game

Feb 5, 2010 - A Gretna man was booked Thursday night, Feb. 4, with carrying a firearm on school grounds at a St. Bernard Parish middle school after he and a woman were ejected for arguing at a basketball game at N.P. Trist in Meraux and he went to his vehicle and returned with a semiautomatic handgun in his waistband, Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

No shots were fired nor was anyone injured, Pohlmann said.

Patrick Roublow, 35, was arrested about 5:30 p.m. on the felony gun charge, as well as with misdemeanor disturbing the peace. He was booked into St. Bernard Parish Prison and was released on Feb. 5 on a $5,000 commercial bond.

Also arrested was Lakesha Hamelton, 32, of Violet, booked with simple battery for allegedly shoving Roublow during an argument in the stands during the basketball game and with disturbing the peace, Pohlmann said. She was released from jail on a $1,000 bond.
After the man and woman argued they were both ejected from the gym but Roublow went to his vehicle and tried to return to the game, apparently to try to get his son.

He allegedly said something that made people at the door believe he had a weapon and the Sheriff’s Office was called, Pohlmann said. Investigating deputies found a semiautomatic handgun in the waistband of his pants. Roublow claimed to have a permit to carry the gun but firearms aren’t allowed on school grounds, Pohlmann said.

Sidney D. Torres IV, with the help of groups and people including Sheriff Stephens, sends planeload of mobile triage units and supplies to Haiti

Feb 5, 2010 - It was the screams in the background of a phone call from earthquake-devastated Haiti that riveted Sidney D. Torres IV, president and chief operating officer of SDT Waste of Chalmette.

Torres was on the phone with a friend, Eric Klein, who was in Haiti working on the relief effort and was discussing with Torres the need for more help for victims there.

“I could hear someone screaming in the background. They were performing amputations of infected legs without anesthesia,’’ Torres said, likening it to something out of the American Civil War lore.

The anguished cries prompted Torres, the young sanitation mogul with contacts with people in many walks of life, to vow to help get needed medical equipment there.

“I felt like I could put a team together to help and put a plan together and that’s what we did.’’

As it turned out many people responded to Torres’ request for help including several St. Bernard residents – among them Sheriff Jack Stephens – and they made donations of money to help get a cargo plane to Haiti on Jan. 24.

Ochsner’s medical center, the Franciscans who operate St. Bernard Health clinic and Medical Team International of Oregon helped donations of four mobile triage units that could be shipped on a pallet and medical supplies needed for surgeries in Haiti.

Torres turned to Sheriff Stephens and others in St. Bernard and the immediate area for donations to help cover the cost of chartering an airplane from IBC Airways of the Fort Lauderdale area and to get authorized slots at an airport to land the equipment and supplies in Haiti.

Four St. Bernard Parish sheriff’s deputies helped load the plane in New Orleans.

Sheriff Stephens said the “staggering loss of life and the hardship and suffering’’ in Haiti made him want to donate to the effort to get equipment there. “Clearly medical care was needed.’’ He authorized deputies to help load everything onto the plane, he said.

Torres said seeing television footage of the scene in Haiti has been terrible to watch.

“You couldn’t believe the looks on the faces of the people. It brought back Katrina memories to me,’’ he said.

Torres said he intends to try to put together more aid to send to the stricken country.

Man booked with possession with intent to distribute 184 tablets of methadone pills, worth $920, and is largest such seizure in parish in more than a year

Feb 03, 2010 - A Chalmette man was booked Monday, Feb. 1, with possession with intent to distribute 184 methadone pills, with a street value of $920, and is the largest such seizure in St. Bernard Parish in more than a year, sheriff’s officials said.

The pills are different from the old, more potent methadone wafers which were discontinued after being associated with numerous drug overdose deaths when mixed with other pain pills. The 184 pills were more than the number of methadone tablets seized by the Sheriff’s Office for all of 2009, officials said.

Dwayne Hingle, 48, 3700 Shangri-La Drive, whom authorities believe was selling 10-milligram pills for $5 each, was stopped outside a residence on Shangri-La Drive and a pill bottle found on him had no label. Hingle also couldn’t provide a prescription.

Agents of the sheriff’s Special Investigations Division, commanded by Col. Chad Clark, arrested Hingle after a phone call describing possible drug-dealing taking place on Shangri-La.

Clark said further investigation into the supply of pills is ongoing, including use of the year-old statewide prescription monitoring program.

Hingle was booked into the St. Bernard Parish Prison but has been released on a $20,000 commercial bond.

Walmart opens in Chalmette

The major retail store Wal Mart reopened its doors to shoppers in Chalmette on Wednesday, Feb. 3 after more than four years of being closed since Hurricane Katrina. A ribbon-cutting marked the occasion, with Anna Mora, a market assistant, wielding the scissors as other store Wal Mart employees assisted. At right on the second row is store general manager Jim Craddock and to his right is St. Bernard Chief Deputy Sheriff James Pohlmann and St. Bernard state Rep. Reed Henderson, who were among several local officials who attended the long-awaited reopening. The company has made a contribution to the general fund of the Sheriff's Office. Also shown, early morning shoppers stream into the store on West Judge Perez Drive after the ribbon-cutting. Also, the Chalmette High jazz band performed. STEVE CANNIZARO PHOTOS.

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