Police and fire briefs for June 14, 2012

Photo provided by LSU PoliceLSU Police are looking for three women seen in surveillance footage allegedly using a credit card stolen from an LSU student during an armed robbery May 29 on campus, LSU Police Capt. Cory Lalonde said. Police believe the women used the card at an off-campus store, Lalonde said. Anyone with information about the robbery or suspects is asked to call LSU Police at [phone] or Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-STOP.

Chase Bank robbery
suspect arrested

A 58-year-old man accused of robbing a Chase bank Tuesday was arrested Wednesday morning, according to police.

Joseph Dolgos, 9771 Jefferson Highway, was booked with simple robbery, Lt. Don Kelly said in a news release.

Dolgos is accused of robbing a Chase Bank branch, 8578 Goodwood Drive, at 2:15 p.m.

Dolgos is accused of walking up to the bank counter and passing a note demanding cash, Kelly said.

He did not display a weapon or claim to be armed, police have said.

3 women sought
in stolen card use

LSU Police say they are looking for three women seen in surveillance footage allegedly using a credit card stolen from an LSU student during an armed robbery May 29 near Pleasant Hall and the university’s School of Music building off Dalrymple Drive.

LSU Police were already looking for one of the women seen in surveillance footage using the card at one off-campus store, LSU Police spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said. The woman is pictured wearing a pink T-shirt and pink bandana wrapped around her head.

LSU Police believe the other two women were with the pink T-shirt-wearing woman when the cards were used again at a second off-campus store, Lalonde said.

The other women were both wearing white T-shirts, with one wearing dark-colored pants and the other wearing pink pants.

A student told LSU Police on May 29 that a man approached him around 11 p.m. with a handgun, pointed it at him and demanded his wallet, Lalonde has said.

The student, who was not harmed, gave the man his wallet and the robber took the student’s cellphone, Lalonde said.

The man then jumped into a four-door silver car — either a Honda or Acura — and drove off, Lalonde has said.

The student described the robber as black man in his early 20s, 5 feet 6 inches tall, Lalonde has said.

Anyone with information about the robbery or suspects is asked to call LSU police at [phone] or Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-STOP.

4 booked with DWI in EBR Parish Prison

Authorities arrested at least four people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, booking records show. Those booked and the counts against them:

• Gary Bowman, 42, 2080 Main St., Baker, first-offense DWI, careless driving and driver’s license not in possession.
• Robert Langlois, 35, 10351 N. Harry Drive, first-offense DWI, reckless operation of a vehicle, headlights required and failure to obey a stop sign or yield sign.
• Keonna Martin, 30, 2350 Elm Park Drive, first-offense DWI, failure to yield on a left turn, child restraint required, insurance required, motor vehicle inspection required and commercial vehicle registration expired.
• John Morris, 45, 1534 Pelham Drive, first-offense DWI and failure to maintain control.

Compiled from staff reports. To talk to a crime reporter at The Advocate, call [phone].

Comments

1) Comment by foldgers - 14/06/2012

Tradewinns, I am about to say something that would be considered a stereotype, but by the way these women dress and act, I assume, they are from a part of town that lives by the motto "Snitches end up in ditches." Plus, I am sure that they got the card from a white student and since that student is white, they figure he is wealthy and plus he will get the money back. BUT, like you said, these crimes increase our costs of credit and actually the costs of products in the stores. But, these people are the kind who could care less about that because I would guarantee you they live off the gov't checks and food and stolen credit cards, so they do not pay for anything out of their pockets. Don't get me wrong, there is some white trash out there that I could say the exact same stuff about. This ain't racist, it is just how they look, dress and apparently act. And since when did "ain't" become a word? According to my computer it is a word!! I remember as a kid, teachers saying "Ain't ain't a word."

2) Comment by tradewinns - 14/06/2012

and by the way, lots of people know who these three are. how many have come forward and told the police where they can be found?

3) Comment by tradewinns - 14/06/2012

prosecution and punishment is the only method of slowing, reversing and hopefully stopping this practice. the credit card companies do not see pursuing this because they pass on this cost to the remaining credit card holders. and because it cost more than they would ever recover, they are not concerned with stopping this crime. the vast majority of the victems of this crime are members of the middle class so noone gives a dang. go back to branding thieves with a "T" on their check, that'll stop this in it's tracks.

4) Comment by foldgers - 14/06/2012

Those three "women" in the picture are... well, I won't say. But, seriously, if I saw these women on the street, without even knowing about this crime, I would be the first to assume that they would take part in activities like this. When... when...when will credit card companies make stores look at IDs of people with credit cards? I still to this day do not understand why they could care less about credit cards, but use a check and they need ALL of your info. It is in the credit card agreements that merchants are NOT supposed to ask for you ID to use a card. So, even the stores that do ask, you can really tell them it isn't on you...they are supposed to still accept the card with no ID. But, so much crime would be prevented if every merchant asked for ID!!