Of­fi­cers of the North-East­ern Di­vi­sion have ar­rest­ed a 20-year-old man fol­low­ing a rob­bery with vi­o­lence in­ci­dent in the San Juan dis­trict yes­ter­day.

Po­lice re­port­ed that at 6:30 pm on Thurs­day 19 Feb­ru­ary 2026, a man was at the cor­ner of Third Av­enue and East­ern Main Road, Barataria, where he met a man with whom he had con­nect­ed a few days ear­li­er via an on­line dat­ing ap­pli­ca­tion. The two pro­ceed­ed north along Third Av­enue to Mis­sion Road Ex­ten­sion, San Juan, where the vic­tim ob­served two oth­er men stand­ing at the side of the road­way.

Up­on reach­ing the area, the three men—one of whom was armed with a firearm—an­nounced a rob­bery. The as­sailants re­lieved the vic­tim of two cel­lu­lar phones and cash, with a to­tal val­ue of $1,869.