BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – The Baton Rouge Police Division introduced the arrest of a suspect charged with 5 robberies.
Based on police, 55-year-old Kevin Johnson was detained on the night of Monday, December 26. Cops added that he was being registered at East Baton Rouge Parish Jail on 5 counts of armed theft with a firearm.
Police stated the Crime Prevention District’s License Plate Readers helped detectives collect proof that positioned the suspect at every theft web site.
“Our system has helped get a really harmful prison off the road who has dedicated a number of armed robberies,” stated Gary Patureau, Sherwood Forest Crime District Commissioner.
Armed robberies that started on November 20 came about at Greenback Basic on Florida Avenue, Smoothie King on Florida Avenue, Kangaroo Specific on Millerville Highway, Baskin Robbins on Florida Avenue and Podnuh’s BBQ in Southern Sherwood Forest. Boulevard.
“It is larger than the police, it is primary, and neighborhood members take the duty and initiative to be proactive to forestall such criminals from committing crimes of their neighborhoods,” the sergeant stated. L’Jean McKneely of the BRPD.
Police added that crime cameras within the Sherwood Forest space had been extraordinarily efficient in figuring out the armed theft suspect and his automobile, and most significantly, in stopping one other theft.
“Truly, based mostly on the proof he had within the automotive, we felt he could be on his technique to commit one other theft,” McKneely defined.
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