Armed convenience store robbers arrested in Slidell, STPSO says

SLIDELL, La. — Two men were arrested on the Northshore Tuesday after they allegedly robbed a Slidell convenience store at knifepoint, deputies say. 

According to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, Javonte Newman, 28, and Anthony Earle, 31, were taken into custody after robbing a store on Pontchartrain Drive early Tuesday morning. 

Reportedly wearing orange ski masks and gloves, Newman and Earle allegedly entered the store around 5 a.m. and demanded money from the clerk. One of the men was armed with a knife, STPSO officials said. 

The clerk complied and the men allegedly ran out of the store with cash and cigarettes. 

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Deputies opened an investigation into the robbery and quickly found Newman and Earle at a Slidell apartment later in the day. The two were arrested and booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail for armed robbery. 

Armed robbery carries a minimum sentence of 10 years in Louisiana. 

Court records showed the pair remained in jail and had not had their bond set by a judge Tuesday afternoon. 

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