NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A source tells Fox 8 that cameras in the French Quarter captured a theft ring in action. The source said the women pictured in a video circulating on Thursday morning (July 31), Royal Street robbery, are part of a group of mostly female alleged criminals operating in and around the French Quarter.
The suspects allegedly target people walking during the early morning hours. On Thursday, just before 1 a.m., a woman was allegedly maced, beaten and robbed on Royal Street near St. Peter Street.
“Senseless violence happening on people. We can’t have that in the French Quarter,” said Glade Bilby, president of French Quarter Citizens, on Friday…