Two accused teen carjackers arrested in DA Jason Williams case, NOPD says

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two teens accused of carjacking Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams and his mother last week were booked in connection with the crime Tuesday (Oct. 24), New Orleans police said.

The NOPD announced the arrest of 18-year-old Ahmad Seals three hours after it was first reported by Fox 8. Seals was booked with three counts of principal to an armed robbery with a firearm.

An 16-year-old alleged accomplice also was arrested, booked with three counts of armed robbery with a firearm, one count of illegal possession of a firearm by a juvenile and for possessing a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence.

The identity of the 16-year-old will not be revealed to the public unless his case is transferred to adult court.

With Williams the victim in this case, his office is expect to recuse itself and ask the state Attorney General’s office to handle the prosecution. The teens also are accused of perpetrating a second carjacking, of a woman in the 1800 block of Carondelet Street, about 20 minutes after the Williams carjacking in the 1000 block of Race Street.

District Attorney Jason Williams and his mother carjacked at gunpoint in New Orleans

First suspect arrested in DA Jason Williams’ carjacking case

The NOPD said its officers and detectives were joined by Louisiana State Police and FBI agents in executing “multiple search warrants” on Tuesday in connection with the investigation. The department said Seals and the younger teen “were located and arrested without incident.”

Williams said he and his 78-year-old mother were forced from their SUV at gunpoint around 10 p.m. on Oct. 16, near the DA’s house in the Lower Garden District.

Police last Wednesday arrested 18-year-old Raymond Rochon III in connection with the case, after NOPD detectives said he was caught the morning after Williams’ carjacking driving a stolen truck used in the crime.

Rochon was booked with weapons and stolen vehicle allegations, but not with being present when Williams was carjacked.

Williams and his mother were not physically injured in the incident, nor was the woman carjacked later on Carondelet Street. Williams said he saw three people involved in the commission of the crime.

Seals is expected to make his first court appearance Wednesday, when his bond could be set by a magistrate. It was unclear when the younger teen will make his first appearance in Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.

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