New Orleans man captured after being sought for robberies at pharmacies in St. Bernard and N.

A man wanted for robberies of pharmacies in St. Bernard Parish and New Orleans in which he stole money from cash registers was arrested Tuesday by a U.S. Marshal’s Service fugitive task force which included officers from both parishes involved.

Christopher Dunbar, 42, who is on parole until 2024 for a past armed robbery conviction, was arrested in an eastern New Orleans pool hall and was to be booked in New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish with simple robbery, St. Bernard Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Dunbar stole money from a cash register on Aug. 6 at a Walgreen’s at Elysian Fields Avenue at Gentilly Boulevard in New Orleans and on Aug. 8 at a Walgreen’s at Judge Perez Drive at Paris Road in Chalmette, authorities said.

Warrants alleging simple robbery were issued for Dunbar’s arrest in both parishes.

A witness got a license plate number of the vehicle that fled after the Aug. 6 robbery in New Orleans and it was traced to Dunbar’s mother, who is the owner. That led to identification of Dunbar.

Also, the clerks in the stores who were working the registers during the robberies have both identified Dunbar from photo line-ups, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

In both cases, he was in line at a register behind others and when the register was opened he forced his way past them, reached over and stole money and fled. No weapon was displayed.

Pohlmann said that in the Chalmette robbery, which happened about 2:30 a.m., a second man described as older than Dunbar was waiting outside and fled with him in a vehicle. The other man hasn’t been identified.