Reward offered for information on 5 suspects

Ricardo Irvin, left, Richard Foster Robert Helmstetter, left, Jerome Hampton
Michael Mabon top right

08:38 PM CST on Thursday, February 16, 2006
By Chau Nguyen / 11 News
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Houston police homicide investigators are looking for five suspects charged and wanted in three murders and one home invasion shooting since Dec. 28, 2005.

Crime Stoppers is offering rewards for information.
All five suspects are Louisiana residents relocated to Houston following Hurricane Katrina and are believed to be either in the Houston area or between here and New Orleans.
The first suspect, 23-year-old Jerome Hampton, is charged with murder in the Dec. 28, 2005 killing of Steven Kennedy, 24, at 1303 La Concha. Investigators said both Hampton and Kennedy were members of separate gangs in New Orleans.
It’s also believed suspect Hampton is traveling with two other wanted Louisiana/Houston murder suspects, Ivory Harris and Travis Jordan.
The second and third suspects, 17-year-old Richard Foster and 18-year-old Ricardo J. Irvin, are each charged with capital murder in the death of Gregory Sartain, 19, at 8080 Creekbend on Feb. 6.

A second victim, Bennie Curtis, 25, was also shot and transported to an area hospital in critical condition.
Police said the motive was robbery – the victims’ FEMA money.
The fourth suspect, 20-year-old Robert Helmstetter, is charged with murder in the killing of Freddie Magee, 21, at 3950 Hollister on Feb. 9. McGee, a friend of Helmstetter’s and fellow Hurricane Katrina evacuee, got into an argument with Helmstetter and said Helmstetter and his girlfriend might have stolen some items from him.
The fifth suspect, 22-year-old Michael T. Mabon, is charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon for his suspected role as one of three suspects in a home invasion at 6200 West Tidwell on Jan. 23.
When the homeowner fatally shot one of the suspects, Mabon and another male suspect fled.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of any of these suspects is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at (713) 308-3600, Crime Stoppers of Houston at (713) 222-TIPS or Crime Stoppers of New Orleans at (504) 837-TIPS.