Police say arrests include two juveniles suspected of having weapons

New Orleans police made three arrests Thursday after reports of suspicious activity in St. Roch Park.Authorities said one of the people they arrested was a juvenile, and the other two were identified as Earnest Reed and Dreshawn Fields. All were suspected of having weapons.Police said they checked the prior criminal history of the three males and will charge them with illegal possession of a firearm.Investigators said Reed was carrying a Glock .17 semiautomatic handgun that had been stolen in Orleans Parish in 2010. They said Fields and the juvenile discarded a 9 mm Jiminez Arms handgun and a .22-caliber Browning Arms handgun in a garbage can at the park. The 9 mm gun was also stolen in June.The arrests come after two attacks in that neighborhood and Wednesday night's crime walk.

New Orleans police made three arrests Thursday after reports of suspicious activity in St. Roch Park.

Authorities said one of the people they arrested was a juvenile, and the other two were identified as Earnest Reed and Dreshawn Fields. All were suspected of having weapons.


Police said they checked the prior criminal history of the three males and will charge them with illegal possession of a firearm.

Investigators said Reed was carrying a Glock .17 semiautomatic handgun that had been stolen in Orleans Parish in 2010. They said Fields and the juvenile discarded a 9 mm Jiminez Arms handgun and a .22-caliber Browning Arms handgun in a garbage can at the park. The 9 mm gun was also stolen in June.

The arrests come after two attacks in that neighborhood and Wednesday night's crime walk.