NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Two Louisiana National Guard soldiers in New Orleans have admitted committing armed robbery, military officials said.
The soldiers, in New Orleans to help quell the city's recent crime surge, were accused of robbing two individuals during a traffic stop, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported.
Sgt. Caleb Paul Wells of the 256th Military Intelligence Company and Spec. Junious Rayfield Buchanan of the 205th Engineer Battalion were charged after an investigation into a complaint received by the National Guard on Aug. 12.
Wells and Buchanan were accused of taking money out of the wallets of the two individuals at the traffic stop. The charge of armed robbery stems from the fact the Guardsmen were carrying weapons at the time of the alleged crime.
After consulting with New Orleans District Attorney Eddie Jordan and the New Orleans Police Department, the guard turned the two over to the NOPD.
