A teen whose ankle-monitor violations went unchecked for months led an armed Uber carjacking crew before a Desire-area SWAT standoff ended in his arrest Wednesday afternoon, authorities say.
Ja’Maarion Banks, 19, and three juveniles, ages 16, 14 and 14, were booked on multiple counts of armed robbery, the New Orleans Police Department confirmed Thursday.
Banks was allegedly the ringleader in a carjacking spree that spanned a roughly one-square-mile area in St. Roch and the Desire Development on May 8. Police say he hailed Uber drivers, then stole their vehicles…