An employee of a Chalmette pharmacy which two men tried to rob early Monday was arrested Tuesday for being part of the crime

An employee of a Chalmette pharmacy which two armed men tried to rob early Monday has been arrested for being part of the crime, St. Bernard Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Quinita “Peaches’’ Harris, 30, an employee since May of the Walgreens at Judge Perez Drive at Paris Road, was booked by sheriff’s detectives Tuesday with armed robbery and with aggravated kidnapping of three victims, Sheriff Pohlmann said.
Harris lives in Chalmette with Leonard Gibson, 43, one of the men arrested by sheriff’s deputies within minutes of them entering the store, the sheriff said. Also arrested was Ben Amos, 27, of Gretna. A third man who drove a getaway vehicle and dropped off the other two is being sought.

Both arrested men are being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison, Gibson in lieu of bond set at $600,000 and Amos in lieu of bond set at $500,000.

Harris, who wasn’t at work during the early morning robbery, helped plan and orchestrate the hold-up and was just as responsible as the two arrested suspects, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

Deputies responded to a call about 4:30 a.m. from within the store about a robbery in progress and minutes later arrested one man as he went out a back door and the other after he ran out the front and was found hiding in a dumpster of a business across the street on Paris Road, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

He said an employee managed to call the Sheriff’s Office about the robbery shortly after the men came through the front door.

No one was injured and the only item stolen was a cell phone from an employee, which was recovered. Two guns, two bandanas they wore over their faces, gloves and wraps they were using to try to tie up the victims were also recovered, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

Gibson and Amos were booked with armed robbery and with aggravated kidnapping of the victims. A revolver Gibson carried was found to have been reported stolen in Texas and he was booked additionally with possession of a stolen gun and with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the sheriff said. Gibson had served prison time in Texas on a burglary conviction.