Three booked with burglary of a Chalmette house where they knew the occupant, who was in jail; Also, man arrested with $450 of crack cocaine

Kellie Roberts, booked with burglary and drug paraphernalia possession.	Ronald Hancock, booked with burglary and drug paraphernalia possession.
Ron Washington, booked with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of marijuana.	Thomas Freeman, booked with burglary and drug paraphernalia possession.

Two men and a woman, all from Chalmette, were booked with house burglary and drug paraphernalia possession the night of Feb. 9, just after a Chalmette resident reported seeing a door kicked open and people go inside, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

One of the three said they all had been to the residence before to use heroin and prescription drugs but said when the occupant wasn’t there the front door was kicked in, they went inside, but left without taking anything, the sheriff said. The occupant was jailed at the time in St. Bernard Parish Prison.

Several syringes were found in their truck, which was stopped by Dep. Trey Delaune after a neighbor called the Sheriff’s Office to report a door kicked in on his block.

The neighbor identified two of the three as having been seen kicking in the door, the sheriff said. The occupant of the house, who was in jail for something unrelated, said she hadn’t given permission for anyone to be in her residence.

Deputies found shoe prints on the door and the door frame busted at the residence on Volpe Drive where the burglary happened.

Arrested were: Kellie Roberts, 38, 2608 Riverland Drive; Thomas Freeman, 49, 2320 Artillery Drive; and Ronald Hancock, 36, 1945 Seelos Drive.

All three were booked with burglary of an inhabited dwelling and possession of drug paraphernalia. Roberts remained jailed in lieu of $37,000 bond, Freeman was released on $26,000 bond and Hancock was also released on bond but the amount wasn’t available.

In an unrelated case, Ronald B. Washington, 22, of Kenner was booked Feb. 5 with possession with intent to distribute $450 of crack cocaine found in 10 individual baggies, possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia after a traffic stop.

The marijuana was found during the traffic stop, the sheriff said, and crack cocaine was found in the rear of the sheriff’s patrol car where Washington was sitting when taken to St. Bernard Parish Prison. Washington also had $200 cash on him in small amounts.

Sgt. Brandon Licciardi made the initial traffic stop about 2 a.m. and Washington had an aroma of marijuana on his person and soon a bag of mariuana was found, for which he was arrested.

The crack cocaine was found afterward in the back of the car where Washington had been sitting.