District Attorney Hillar Moore wants to label the AM Mart on Highland Road a "nuisance," a designation meaning that the owner of the business knowingly allows repeated criminal activity to be carried out under his nose.

Should the court eventually rule in favor of Moore's petition, issued Monday, the AM Mart could be forced to close for up to five years.

In a letter signed by numerous parish and state leaders, and delivered to the AM Mart owner, Moore details how the premises have been the site of hundreds of crimes since 2020, including being used to host drug sales and dice games for a local gang: the Top Snatcher Klan.

"Based on the information we have, there have been many shootings, calls for service for drug dealing, and we allege gang activity in and outside of the business," Moo

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