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• DeRidder Credit Union Robbed

  December 5, 2012 9:26 AM

  DERIDDER, La. (AP) - Authorities say four men are wanted in the robbery of a credit union in DeRidder, La. Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Joe Toler tells the American Press the Barksdale Federal Credit Union was robbed Tuesday by men driving a white Toyota Tundra with Texas license... more »

• Baton Rouge bank robbed

  June 29, 2012 7:17 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies are searching for a man who robbed a Whitney Bank branch. Sheriff's office spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks tells The Advocate the robbery took place around 2 p.m. Thursday at a branch on Jefferson Highway. Hicks says a man entered... more »

• Two Held at Gunpoint and Robbed

  April 4, 2011 12:13 AM

  Two UL students targeted at their off campus apartment. The two women had just arrived home to Campus Edge, shut the door, and then two men entered their apartment--with a gun---demanding valuables. "I thought we were going to be dead." After a night out on the town one... more »

• Person who robbed a Ville Platte bank could already be in jail

  November 15, 2010 9:13 AM

  The person who robbed a Ville Platte bank Monday could already be in jail. This surveillance picture was released after a teller was held up at the Hancock Bank. Officers in Jeanerette called Ville Platte saying the person in the picture was 45-year old Harvey Alexander who was... more »

• Local Men Lured into Traps by Female from Craigslist

  September 23, 2010 3:29 PM

  Two Lafayette Parish men are lured into traps after setting up meetings with a female from the Friendship section of Craigslist. A Carencro man was robbed by two men at gunpoint in Lafayette and forced to drive to an ATM. It happened 12:35 am on September 23rd. The 22 year... more »

• Hampton Inn Robbed at Gunpoint

  September 19, 2010 11:39 PM

  Lafayette police are searching for 3 suspects in an armed robbery. They say three young black males robbed the Hampton Inn on West Willow Street Sunday morning. The hotel clerk says the men forced him into an office area at gunpoint, then took money from the register. The... more »

• US Navy Says 4 Ships Robbed Off Iraqi Coast

  August 15, 2010 3:30 PM

  BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. Navy says four commercial ships anchored near the southern oil hub of Basra have been robbed in a rare attack off the Iraqi coast. Lt. John Fage, a spokesman for the Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, said Sunday that two men armed with AK-47 rifles... more »

• UPDATE: Dollar Store Robbed On Bertrand

  July 8, 2010 5:22 PM

  Dollar General at 415 Bertrand was robbed at 9:30 pm Wednesday. Two suspects approached victims. One suspect forced female victim into store and other suspect held male victim on the ground. Once inside the store, the female victim was instructed to open the safe. After the safe was opened the... more »

• TX Couple Robbed at Gunpoint in Upper Lafayette

  June 27, 2010 6:39 PM

  Lafayette Police are investigating a motel robbery that occured around 10:00 Saturday night at the Best Value Motel on University Avenue. Police say an elderly couple from Texas was robbed at gunpoint, after the suspect pushed his way inside their motel room. 21-year old Allen Wade Tolliver was... more »

• Woman Hit in the Face and Robbed Outside of Local Bar

  March 30, 2010 10:40 AM

  On March 30, 2010, at approximately 1:41 am, officers with the Lafayette Police Department responded to the 100 block of General Mouton regarding a robbery. The victim, a 20 year old female of Lafayette, had just departed the Bulldog and was walking to her vehicle. As she arrived at... more »

• Chili's on Evangeline Thruway robbed

  January 6, 2010 10:38 AM

  A local restaurant was robbed at gunpoint last night by 2-unidentified suspect's minutes before midnight. Lafayette Police responded to Chili's, 3320 NE Evangeline Thruway, where the men armed with handguns, wearing blue bandanas over their faces demanded money from employees. The suspects received an undisclosed amount of cash from the... more »

• Suspect wanted, two robbed near McKinley Street area

  November 19, 2009 12:38 PM

  Victims Robbed Walking to Vehicle On November 19, 2009, at approximately 12:30 am, two victims were leaving the McKinley Street area and walking to their parked car on Taft Street when they were approached by a black male suspect. The suspect produced a handgun and demanded the victim's valuables.... more »

• Downtown Grocery Store Targeted By Robbers

  November 12, 2009 6:44 PM

  On November 11, 2009, at approximately 9:30 pm, officers with the Lafayette Police Department responded to the 1300 block of Jefferson Street regarding an armed robbery. The clerk at Tammy's Grocery advised police that a white male with a silver gun and a masked black male entered the store and... more »

• Tiger Mart on LA 26 in Lake Arthur robbed

  November 6, 2009 1:02 PM

  At approximately 8:30 pm on Thursday, November 5, 2009, a male in a blue jumpsuit walked in the front door of Tiger Mart on LA 26 in Lake Arthur. He was wearing a bandanna tied around his face and bags on his shoes. He pointed a handgun at the cashier... more »