Fourth arrest made in Aug. 25 robbery of Chalmette pharmacy; He is alleged to be the driver of the getaway car
John Wilson, arrested as driver of getaway vehicle in Aug. 25 pharmacy robbery in Chalmette.
John Wilson, 27, of Gretna, was arrested on the West Bank Wednesday by members of the Criminal Intelligence Center Task Force in Jefferson Parish, the sheriff said. Wilson has been brought to the St. Bernard Parish Prison and is being held without bond pending an appearance before a judge.
Wilson was booked with armed robbery and three counts of aggravated kidnapping of three victims of the 4:30 a.m. robbery at the Walgreens pharmacy at Judge Perez Drive at Paris Road in Chalmette.
Two armed men were caught at the scene by responding sheriff’s deputies within minutes and a third person, a woman who worked at the pharmacy and lived in Chalmette with one of the arrested men, was arrested the next day for allegedly helping plan and orchestrate the robbery. All, being held on the same charges of armed robbery and aggravated kidnapping, are jailed in lieu of bond.
Leonard Gibson, 43, is being held on $600,000 bond; Ben Amos, 27, is being held on $500,000 bond; and the store employee, Quinita “Peaches’’ Harris, 30, is being held on $250,000 bond.
The car believed to be the getaway vehicle was found at the home of Harris and Gibson on Octavia Street in Chalmette.
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.
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