Baton Rouge Casino Robberies Continue, Elderly Man Latest Victim
A 29-year-old alleged bandit was arrested before this calendar week for a robbery in conclusion month at Louisiana’s L’Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge. He tussled with an 80-year-old man before running off with his wallet, police force said.
The elderly victim was inward the third house after spending o'er v hours at the casino, when someone started to seize his wallet out of a back pocket, law add. The ii men struggled. But the suspect, later identified as Jakyre Foreman, 29, got make of the wallet before fleeing, WBRZ, a local TV station, reported.
Soon, the dupe started to finger chest pains. He took medication for his nerve condition. When his wellness position settled, he informed deputies near the Nov. 22 robbery. The victim’s granddaughter translated for the man.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office (EBRSO) later arrested Foreman of Baton Rouge. They had found witnesses to the law-breaking and reviewed surveillance video to describe the suspect. He seen walking in the way of the casino’s parking garage. He was wearing a “hoodie-style jacket,” authorities said.
Foreman also allegedly pushed the victim “against the glassful windows and and so onto the ground, all patch trying to let his wallet,” according to an affidavit, quoted past BRProud, a local word site.
He is charged with attempted robbery and battery of persons with infirmities, WBRZ said. He was inward custody at the Orient Baton Rouge Parish Prison as of Tuesday. His bring together was $11,000, BRProud adds.
Prior Robberies at Casino
In unrelated crimes taking station in June 2020, a adult female was supercharged for II armed robberies inward the parking lot, also at L’Auberge Casino inward Baton Rouge. She was identified as Cori Leger. It is alleged she wore a smutty protective face mask and a wigging inwards both incidents, WAFB, a local TV station, reported.
In 1 robbery, she allegedly displayed a firearm and escaped with cash. During the endorsement instance, the robber failed to catch any cash. But she was later apprehended.
Police found she had a black, realistic BB shot gun in her waistband. She also had mace and a daze gun, constabulary revealed. The outcome of that instance was non instantly known as of Thursday.
2016 Kidnapping, Robbery
Earlier, inwards Nov 2016, police force arrested a man who allegedly kidnapped and robbed a male person gambler, also at L’Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge. The surmise was identified as Matthew Andrew Johnson Jr., 32, of Baton Rouge.
The dupe was inwards Baton Rouge to follow the Pelican State State University vs. Heart of Dixie football game. He stayed at the casino-hotel for the weekend. While on the gambling casino floor, he won well-nigh $800.
Later, inwards the hotel’s elevator, President Johnson allegedly warned him, “I hold a gun. Do what I say.” President Johnson and then ordered the victim to capture into a railcar which was impelled to another location in the city, constabulary said.
Johnson took some of the victim’s money to purchase illegal drugs, law said. He later stole personal items from the dupe before letting him out of the car, law add. Lyndon Baines Johnson was later charged with provoked snatch and armed robbery, the Advocate, a LA newspaper reported.
It is unclear how the pillowcase was adjudicated inwards the local court system.