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As a kid, Paul Thomas was a huge fan of professional wrestling. But he said he never imagined he would have to put that passion into practice at his coffee shop job. However, on Tuesday (June 26), Thomas channeled his inner WWE to take down an armed robbery suspect outside of Mojo Coffee House at the intersection of Race and Magazine Streets in the Lower Garden District. "It was a wacky Tuesday to say the least," Thomas said. Around 11:40 a.m., a 32-year-old man arrived at the coffee shop to buy two iPhones listed on Letgo by 25-year-old Rodolfo Bartholomew,...

Two 12-year-old boys were arrested Saturday night after one of them pulled a gun on two victims during an attempted armed robbery in the Garden District, according to New Orleans police. In a preliminary report, the Police Department said the juveniles approached a 48-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man at Chestnut and Philip streets about 8:45 p.m. They asked the two for a dollar, police said. When the victims refused, one of the boys produced a gun and made the man get on his knees, police said. The man complied, and the two fled. The NOPD said both boys were...