The Slidell Police Department has reported the arrest of 26-year-old, Durbert Ashford who they say robbed the same business twice within a one-week period.
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, February 4, 2026, a male suspect entered the Smoke N Smoke shop located in the 700 block of Brownswitch Road. The suspect concealed his identity and demanded cash from a store employee. He then fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash. Slidell Police investigators immediately began working the case and developed information identifying a possible suspect and residence.
On Sunday, February 8, 2026, as a Mardi Gras parade was underway in Slidell, a second robbery occurred at the same Smoke N Smoke location. During this incident, the suspect concealed his identity and again made off with cash.
Using the information previously developed, Slidell Police and St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office deputies quickly responded to a residence associated with the suspect. Officers located a male standing in the driveway wearing clothing matching the description of the suspect in the second robbery. The suspect was detained, and evidence related to the robbery was recovered from his person. During the investigation, detectives also located evidence linking the suspect to the first robbery.
Ashford was arrested and charged with two counts of Simple Robbery.
Slidell Police Chief Daniel Seuzeneau praised the efforts, stating, “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘛𝘗𝘚𝘖 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘦. 𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦.”
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