Several teens linked to Metairie robberies and break-ins

by Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune

Wednesday April 02, 2008, 10:40 PM

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Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators say they have cracked a teenage crime ring that terrorized a central Metairie neighborhood over the past month in brazen home invasions and robberies committed “to get their jollies off.”

Four teens have been arrested, including three who were booked this week with aggravated burglary in two incidents in Metairie and another who was arrested March 19 in a series of burglaries on the West Bank.

Deputies were searching for three others, including a pair of brothers wanted on a charge of attempted murder in an attack during one of the robberies.

One suspect, Khiri Daniels, 18, allegedly used a stolen wireless telephone to ask for time off from a court-ordered program to celebrate his birthday Friday. He got the weekend pass and used it to target victims in two violent home invasions Saturday, authorities said.

“They’re criminals. They’re cowards,” said Chief Deputy Tom Gorman, commander of the criminal investigations bureau. “This was excitement for them.”

Investigators have arrested Daniels, Clarence Bruer, 17, and Eric Watson, 18, all from Metairie, and Anthony Gilmore, 17, of Jefferson, according to Sheriff Newell Normand.

Arrest warrants have been issued for brothers Jarrell, 18, and Ronald Alexander, 19, and Sean Blankenship, 18, all of Metairie. The Alexanders are wanted on a charge of attempted murder.

~ by musingsofagirlobsessed on April 4, 2008.