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A LaPlace man has been charged with armed robbery in the holdup at a high-end Metairie clothing store that led to a police pursuit Wednesday night that left one man dead and two others in custody. George Simon, 36, faces more charges in the case, said Joseph Lopinto, Jefferson Parish interim sheriff, at a news conference Thursday (March 8). According to officials, Simon confessed to the robbery and named his accomplice as Ron Walker, 53, who died after he jumped from an Interstate 10 overpass during Wednesday's police chase.A third man in the car, Simon's stepson, 20-year-old Tahj Boatman, was...

One person died and two others were taken into custody after a pursuit related to Wednesday morning's (March 7) armed robbery of a men's clothing store in Metairie, according to interim Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto. Two men armed with assault rifles robbed Jeff's Haberdashery, 3321 Severn Ave. They made off with several armfuls of expensive merchandise, including shirts that retail for $400 to $500 each. Lopinto said during a news conference Wednesday night that investigators received a tip that helped them to identify one of the robbers and traced him to a house just outside of LaPlace in St....