Updated 8:50 p.m.

A recent wave of burglaries in Uptown New Orleans has Tulane police turning to NOPD to increase patrols in the neighborhoods where students live off-campus. According to Tulane police logs, four off-campus burglaries, a car theft and a bike theft were reported between Sunday and Tuesday. The crimes were clustered around the 800-1000 blocks of Lowerline St. and Cherokee St.

A Mid-City burglary was broken up and four people were arrested by police soon after the boost was finished Friday night, according to Officer Garry Flot. A gun was also found in one of the alleged thieves' shoes. About 1:30 a.m., police got a call about a burglary in-progress in the 2800 block of Conti St.

In addition to crime in the French Quarter and the 7th Ward, the Marigny-Bywater saw a swell of swindles over the weekend, according to NOPD reports. The weekend crime wave started Friday, with a holdup on St. Claude that turned into a chase. On Saturday morning, two more robberies were committed five minutes apart against men riding bikes in the Marigny. On Sunday, police hauled in a pair of teens after they broke into a France Street house. Read on for details:

In this week's file of foul play, a mugger with a metal pipe struck twice, a teen was connected to a Saturday night out filled with carjackings and shootings and a man was tied up in his own home by a pair of acquaintances. Each week, Crescent City Crime Bits provides a full look at the past seven days on the police beat:

While stealing from three churches, a bar and various houses, Floyd Williams may have thought no one was watching. But he failed to account for new devices on NOPD cruisers that reads license plates. That's how the cops tracked him down, but NOPD Lt. Frank Young conceded the penalty for burglarizing houses of worship was partially out of their jurisdiction. “This guy’s going to have to answer to somebody bigger than a judge,” he said.

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In this week's debased dossier, a market robber made sure to take some shrimp as lagniappe, a hammer and ice pick were used as weapons in separate assaults and police rounded up a handful of robbers. Every week, NoDef lists all of this week's crime, all in one place:

On this week's docket of dereliction, a group of strip club workers decided they needed more money from another employee's purse, a rental car was used to make a getaway and Ms. Jackson showed she was for real in an argument over laundry. Each week, Crescent City Crime Bits provides a rundown of the lowdown:

With the summer approaching, air conditioners were the hot item on the crime log this week, proving once again that thieves need to cool off, too. Another victim learned that leaving your trailer at a truck stop is risky business, especially when there's a red tractor around. Crescent City Crime Bits has the full lineup of lawlessness.

Fallout continues from last week's burglary at NOLA Defender headquarters. Despite immediate access to iPhone tracking technology that showed the location of the staff's computers, phones, and assorted electronic goods that were stolen, police have yet to act on the case. As of Monday afternoon, NOPD has yet to assign a detective to the case. But even if police don't want to take an opportunity to help, readers can. Click through to see three ways to help us keep producing the site:

MARIGNY - Early this morning, the NOLA Defender offices were burgalrized while the publication's editor was asleep in the facility at 1919 Burgundy St. The assailant, who appeared to be working alone, made off with a loot that put a significant dent in the small publication's finances, as well as ability to operate. The items stolen include three laptop computers, hard drives, cash, an XBox and personal affects owned by NoDef Editor and Publisher B.E. Mintz, who also lives in the building at 1919 Burgundy as part of a live-work arrangment. Mintz was awakened by an intruder shining a flashlight around in his bedroom, which sits adjacent to the publication's workspace.