Registered sex offender on probation for burglary arrested for 4 more burglaries and 1 attempt at camps and a business in eastern St. Bernard

A registered sex offender on probation for burglary has been arrested for four more burglaries and one attempt at camps and a business in eastern St. Bernard and is also suspected in a series of other recent break-ins in the eastern part of the parish, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Kenneth Rabalais Jr., 29, 3316 LaPlace Drive, Apt. B, Chalmette, was arrested Jan. 28 and has been booked with three burglaries of camps, one attempted burglary of a camp and the burglary of a grocery store, all in the easternmost part of the parish, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

A fax machine stolen in a camp burglary was recovered by sheriff’s detectives in a search of Rabalais’ residence and he has admitted burglarizing that camp and to attempting to break into a camp on Monday night, Jan. 27, the sheriff said.

Rabalais is being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison and will appear before a magistrate judge on Thursday to have bond set.

Rabalais had been questioned in connection with a recent series of break-ins but hadn’t been booked until after the owner of a camp on at Delacroix Island reported his video camera there had captured an image of a man trying to break in on Monday night, the sheriff said.

Rabalais was identified from the video and brought in. That was the basis of the attempted burglary count and he has been booked with the other four burglaries.

Rabalais is a registered sex offender, convicted in 2006 of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

He is also on probation for burglary and has a lengthy criminal history for burglary, officials said.