Two men were arrested Friday for several counts of armed robbery taking place from July 3 to July 5.
Twenty-year-old Lartell Doss of 3270 Garnet Drive and 20-year-old Jason Williams of 6421 Clinton Circle were allegedly involved in three armed robberies and one attempted armed robbery.
Warrants were filed following the crime. A U.S. Marshals fugitive task force, in conjunction with BRPD and LSUPD, arrested Doss and Williams on Friday, according to LSUPD spokesman Sgt. Blake Tabor.
The suspects allegedly robbed joggers of their cell phones around the LSU Lakes in the late evening.
The men hid behind bushes as people passed by, before demanding personal belongings from victims at gunpoint, said Cpl. L’Jean McKneely, BRPD spokesman.
“The U.S. Marshals assisted us in apprehending the suspects,” McKneely said. “We drew up a warrant, and they used their resources to locate [the suspects], apprehend them, [bring] them back and put them into jail.”
Doss and Williams are also suspected of committing an armed robbery July 5 near Chapel of the Cross Lutheran Church on Dalrymple Drive.
Jason Bettencourtt, LSUPD spokesman, told The Daily Reveille on July 5 that the robbery occurred at about 9:10 p.m. Tuesday.
The suspect used a silver handgun and took personal items from a victim.
A black male wearing a black T-shirt was then seen entering a white sport utility vehicle and fleeing campus, Bettencourtt said.
The SUV was headed toward Highland Road on Dalrymple Drive when witnesses lost sight of the car around University Laboratory School, Bettencourtt said.
After the incident, LSUPD received a description of the suspect’s vehicle, which helped locate Doss and Williams, according to a news release.
The two men confessed to involvement in many recent robberies around campus involving personal property, according to the release.
 
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