Sheriff’s Office says that contrary to reports on social media of an armed robbery outside the Winn-Dixie supermarket in Chalmette there haven’t been any calls to the department from a victim

Sheriff James Pohlmann, responding to reports on social media, said the Sheriff’s Office hasn’t received any calls or other reports of two women robbed in the parking lot at the Winn-Dixie supermarket in Chalmette – which would normally happen if there were an actual robbery.

“If someone was robbed we want to know about it,’’ Sheriff Pohlmann said. “Please call us at (504) 271-2501 or come to a Sheriff’s Office building to make a report so an investigation can be conducted.’’

“At this point, without information from a victim, we believe the message on social media may simply be incorrect,’’ Sheriff Pohlmann said. “We would like the person who posted the message to call us if they know of further information.”
A woman posted on Facebook that two women had been robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of the Winn-Dixie store on Paris Road in Chalmette, but didn’t give a date or provide further details.

Store officials, when contacted by the Sheriff’s Office, said no one came into the store and reported being robbed and the Sheriff’s Office hasn’t received any phone calls from victims or had a victim come into a Sheriff’s Office building to make such a report, Sheriff Pohlmann said.