An adult and a juvenile visiting someone in St. Bernard Parish were arrested within minutes after an unarmed robbery outside a Meraux store on Thursday

Two males from Texas, an adult and a juvenile both visiting someone in St. Bernard Parish, were arrested within minutes of an unarmed robbery of a teen-ager outside a Meraux store Thursday evening, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Timothy George, 22, of Austin and the 15-year old from Houston, were both booked with simple robbery, after they were captured running away in the Lexington Place subdivision in Meraux, the sheriff said. George was also booked with criminal damage and resisting officers.

The two, who didn’t display weapons, robbed a teen-ager of a cell phone and a small amount of cash after beating him outside a store in a store in the 4200 blovk of East Judge Perez Drive, the sheriff said.

Both George and the juvenile arrested, whose name wasn’t released because he is a minor, had been in St. Bernard only a matter of days while visiting a woman who lives in Meraux and is the teen-age suspect’s aunt, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

He said the men ran but sheriff’s deputies, responding quickly to the robbery call, were on the scene and arrested the males after they went through yards in the Lexington Place subdivision.

The stolen cell phone was found but not the cash.

George was taken to St. Bernard Parish Prison while the minor went to the parish Juvenile Detention