Two 13-year-old boys booked with burglarizing a car and truck in Chalmette and separately a 14-year-old was booked with burglarizing buildings at Chalmette High and a business

Two 13-year-old Chalmette boys were booked with burglarizing a car and a truck and stealing cell phones after admitting they had been pulling on vehicle door handles to see if they were open, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Separately, a 14-year-old boy was booked with burglarizing several buildings at Chalmette High and a business in Chalmette, the sheriff said.

Their names weren’t released because they are minors.

The two vehicle burglars, who also were both booked with criminal mischief, were spotted walking about 1:20 a.m. on Aug. 13 after a call about suspicious subjects pulling on door handles, the sheriff said.

In the presence of their mothers who were contacted about the incidents, the boys admitted they were pulling on several door handles looking for open vehicles and surrendered two stolen cell phones, then showed deputies which vehicles they burglarized, which were on  on Pakenham Drive and West St. Avide. The owners were informed of the burglaries and were given back their property.

Sheriff Pohlmann reminds residents to lock their vehicles when they aren’t in use because the great majority of such burglaries in St. Bernard Parish happen when they vehicles are left unlocked.

In the unrelated arrested of the 14-year-old, he was initially booked with burglaries of several buildings at Chalmette High, then was re-booked with a burglary of a business which occurred the same night, the sheriff said.

All of the boys involved were taken to the St. Bernard Juvenile Detention Center.