Deputies searching for armed robbery suspect

Published 3:10 pm Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a convenience store on Nelson Road Monday morning near W. Gauthier Road in reference to an armed robbery. 

The preliminary investigation revealed an unknown suspect entered the store armed with a gun and demanded money from the clerk, spokesperson Kayla Vincent.  The suspect stole an undisclosed amount of cash and fled the scene.

Further investigation revealed the suspect traveled to and from the store on foot, from the north, Vincent said.

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The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for assistance in identifying the suspect. If anyone has any information about this robbery or can identify the suspect seen in this photograph, please call CPSO at 491-3605 or Crimestoppers at 439-2222.

Det. Larry Cormier is the lead investigator on this case.