One man booked in two burglaries of a house and a fireworks stand; Separately, a second man booked in a car break-in

Corey Campbell, held on $41,000 bond in car burglary.

Keithrone Griffin, held on $20,000 bond in two burglaries.

A total of three burglaries were cleared by sheriff’s patrol deputies with the arrests of two men; one who had broken into a Chalmette residence and a fireworks stand within minutes of each other, while separately a second man was arrested after a foot chase following the burglary of a car in Chalmette, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Keithrone Griffin, 22, 6537 C Street, Violet, was arrested June 26 and booked initially with unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling on Jupiter Drive in Chalmette and resisting an officer, the sheriff said. After he was jailed, Griffin was re-booked with another burglary that night, of a fireworks stand on Paris Road in which $300 in fireworks were stolen.

Several packs of fireworks were found on Griffin at St. Bernard Parish Prison after his arrest for the residence burglary and he fit the description of a man seen walking near the stand before the burglary was discovered. Griffin said he had found the fireworks on the ground, but a representative of the fireworks business identified him as the man he saw near the stand before the burglary was discovered.

Deputy Jonathan Smith made both arrests on Griffin, who is being held in Parish Prison in lieu of $20,000 bond in the cases.

In the unrelated case, Corey Campbell, 37, 3309 Angelique Drive, Violet, was booked June 23 with vehicle burglary after a window was busted out on a car on Jupiter Drive and a purse stolen, the sheriff said.

Campbell is being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison in lieu of $41,000 bond in his case.

The victim whose car was broken into had chased a man a neighbor of his said was the person who committed the burglary. That chase ending with Deputy Tommy Lala detained Campbell, who supposedly had a purse in his hand when he was seen jumping a fence after the break-in. Campbell also had a flashlight on him.

The stolen handbag was recovered in the backyard of the residence where Campbell had jumped the fence, the sheriff said. A steel pry bar allegedly used to break into the vehicle was also recovered.