NEW ORLEANS — Millionaire real estate heir Robert Durst was indicted Wednesday on the two weapons charges that have kept him in New Orleans even though his lawyers say he wants to go to Los Angeles as soon as possible to face a murder charge there.
Durst, the son of a wealthy New York real estate family, has had multiple run-ins with the law over his nearly 72 years. He was arrested in New Orleans on the eve of the finale of a six-part HBO documentary called “The Jinx” about his ties to two deaths and the disappearance of his first wife in 1982.
A grand jury charged Durst with possession of a firearm by a felon and with possession of both a firearm and an illegal drug: 5 ounces of marijuana, said Assistant District Attorney Chris Bowman, spokesman for the district attorney.
His arraignment was scheduled for Thursday before Criminal District Judge Franz Zibilich.
The indictment listed 15 aliases — two variations of his name, and others including Dorthy Ciner, the name Durst was living under while posing as a deaf mute in Texas, and Morris Black, the 71-year-old neighbor he killed and dismembered there, winning acquittal on a murder charge by arguing self-defense. Also listed was Everette Ward, the name under which he registered at the J.W. Marriott in New Orleans, according to court testimony.