Police make arrest after string of cell phone store robberies
BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a man accused of robbing multiple cell phone stores.
Officials with the Baton Rouge Police Department say Forrest Hardy robbed a Metro PCS at gun point, Wednesday, around 7 p.m. Hardy is accused of stealing two cell phones and approximately $1,075.
Detectives tracked down a SUV used in a previous armed robbery of a Boost Mobile that led to Hardy's arrest on West Roosevelt Street.
When police pulled him over, Hardy matched the description the Metro PCS clerk gave authorities.
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Hardy was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a charge of armed robbery.