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• Burglary suspect targets ATMs following Hurricane Ida's landfall

  September 9, 2021 3:08 PM

  Slidell Police are looking for the suspect who tried to break into three different ATMs the day after Hurricane Ida hit. It happened on Monday, August 30th. Police say the suspect did not get away with any money, however in one case, he actually forced his way into the... more »

• FBI searching for New Orleans bank robbery suspect

  January 2, 2020 9:37 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - The FBI and NOPD are asking for the public's help identifying and finding a suspect responsible for two bank robberies in New Orleans. Thursday at 2:30 p.m. an unknown male suspect entered the Gulf Coast Bank and Trust company located on St. Charles Ave, presented a... more »

• Man sentenced for robbing Marrero bank

  September 22, 2017 11:22 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- A man was sentenced Thursday after previously pleading guilty to robbing a Whitney Bank in Marrero. The robbery took place in July 2016. Travis Carter was wearing a baseball hat, sunglasses and used a towel to cover his face while committing the crime. He escaped with... more »

• Quick-thinking deputy slyly nabs bank robber Play Video

  September 1, 2017 5:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Authorities said a quick-thinking sheriff's department dispatcher helped nab a suspect wanted in numerous robberies at monetary institutions across the Gulf Coast. Julius Frank was booked into jail Friday evening after detectives said he tried to hold up a check cashing business in the Coursey area... more »

• White Castle bank robbed Friday

  August 18, 2017 11:46 AM

  WHITE CASTLE – Sheriff's deputies are investigating a bank robbery that happened Friday morning. Sources said the Iberville Bank was robbed just before 11 o'clock. The bank is on Bowie Street south of LA 1. The robber left in a a silver car and was wearing black clothing.... more »

• Hammond bank robbery causes area school to go into lockdown

  August 15, 2017 2:40 PM

  HAMMOND- Two suspected bank robbers are on the run and caused an area school to go on lockdown. Two male suspects reportedly robbed the First Bank and Trust located at 1320 South Morrison Boulevard at 11: 40 a.m., authorities said. According to the Daily Star, one of the... more »

• Kenner bank robber arrested in Oklahoma

  August 15, 2017 12:05 PM

  NEW ORLEANS – An arrest has been made in the case of a bank robbery that occurred last week. The FBI New Orleans Division announced they had arrested Dillon Arnez Davis Thursday in Oklahoma. The robbery occurred August 2 at a Chase Bank located at 3540 Williams Blvd.... more »

• Gonzales bank robbed at lunchtime Thursday

  July 27, 2017 2:25 PM

  GONZALES – Gonzales officers are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a bank on Thursday afternoon. The Region's Bank at the corner of Airline and Weber City Road was robbed around 12:30 Thursday, police said. According to the Gonzales Police Department, a black man walked into the... more »

• Woman wanted for Chase Bank robbery on Florida Boulevard

  January 23, 2017 4:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge Police Detectives are trying to identify a woman wanted for robbing the Chase Bank in the 10000 block of Florida Boulevard on Saturday. The robbery happened around 11:30 a.m. when the woman entered the bank and approached the teller window with a note demanding... more »

• Man wanted for afternoon bank robbery on Coursey Blvd

  December 8, 2016 6:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Deputies say one man is on the run after robbing a bank at gunpoint on Coursey Blvd. Thursday afternoon. According to East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Casey Hicks, the incident happened at the United Community Bank around 3:26 p.m. The armed man fled the area... more »

• FBI, Kentwood Police investigating Monday morning bank robbery

  November 21, 2016 11:25 PM

  KENTWOOD - The FBI New Orleans Division's Violent Crime Task Force and the Kentwood Police Department are looking for help in identifying the individual who robbed the First NBC Bank in Kentwood Monday morning. According to the FBI, on Nov. 21 around 9:45 a.m., a lone male entered the... more »

• EBRSO: Suspect in Bluebonnet Blvd. bank robbery in custody

  February 18, 2016 5:00 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Deputies have arrested a man suspected of robbing a Capital One Bank on Bluebonnet Boulevard back in November. 29-year-old Timothy Pugh was located by EBRSO detectives in Zachary and taken into custody without incident. Deputies believe he is the man that walked into the bank... more »

• BRPD identifies suspect in Government Street bank robbery

  January 14, 2016 5:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police have identified a suspect wanted in connection with the robbery of the Chase bank on Government Street in Baton Rouge earlier this week. 51-year-old Gregory Chisolm, of New Orleans, is now wanted for the Jan. 12 armed robbery. Baton Rouge Police detectives said Chisolm... more »

• Photo released of bank robbery suspect

  January 11, 2016 12:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police released a photo of the man who detectives said robbed a Baton Rouge bank Monday and left behind a suspicious device. Baton Rouge Police said the man went into the Chase Bank at 3012 Government Street around 9:40 a.m. and went to a teller's window,... more »

• Spontaneous confession reported in 2011 bank robbery Play Video

  December 21, 2015 11:21 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies said a man spontaneously contacted authorities and admitted to them he robbed an East Baton Rouge Parish bank in 2011. Deputies arrested 26-year-old John Mendoza on Friday. They said Mendoza told them details only the person who robbed the bank would know. The... more »

• School no longer on lockdown after reports of nearby bank robbery Play Video

  November 17, 2015 12:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Administrators said a private school was locked down Tuesday morning after law enforcement responded to reports of an armed robbery at a Baton Rouge bank. Sheriff's deputies said a bank robbery was reported just before 11 a.m. at the Capitol One Bank on Bluebonnet across from... more »

• Suspect in Saturday bank robbery arrested

  August 24, 2015 10:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies apprehended a man wanted for a bank robbery and possibly two other heists around the city. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office identified the suspect as Louis Bennett III. Bennett is charged with armed robbery following a heist at the Whitney Bank on... more »

• Stolen car likely connected to three robberies after bank heist

  August 22, 2015 12:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A similar car has been used in three robberies in the last 24 hours. Most recently, a man drove away from a robbery at a bank on Bluebonnet in a gray, four-door Volkswagen. Sheriff's deputies investigated the heist at the bank, a Whitney Branch near the... more »