BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested a suspect believed to be connected to a string of robberies throughout the city.

The armed robberies occurred at multiple businesses throughout the Baton Rouge area over the past month, including one at Circle K on Aug. 31, as well as other robberies at Smiley 75, Kangaroo Express, Tim's Food Mart, Exxon and Cousin's Food Mart.

According to the BRPD, the suspect would rob the cash register while a second suspect would hold employees at gunpoint. The reported amount stolen in the robberies totals about $3,000.

The police arrested Jacobey Cossett, 20, who was also arrested in 2023 for a series of similar robberies, on Tuesday as a suspect in the investigation, which is still ongoing.

Police are asking anyone with information to c

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