Alexander Baker, Armed Robbery and Gun Charges, Louisiana 2021

A 24-year-old Shreveport man has been sentenced to 114 months in prison for his role in two robberies that took place in Shreveport in November 2018.

Alexander Baker, along with co-defendant Brandon Brown, entered the Top Dollar Pawn on St. Vincent Avenue in Shreveport, dressed in black hoodies, gloves, wearing clown masks, and armed with handguns. They ordered the store clerks to the floor, opened the register and took cash out. One of the clerks was then forced at gunpoint to open the counter where they also stole 18 pistols, a revolver, and a shotgun, as well as jewelry.

The second robbery occurred on November 27, 2018, when Alexander Baker and another co-defendant entered the Petro Gas Station on West Bert Kouns in Shreveport with the intent to rob the store using firearms. The two men entered the store wearing all dark clothing, covered faces and both were armed with semi-automatic handguns, and demanded money from the cashier. They told the cashier to open the vault, but she did not have access to it. Baker and his co-defendant then ran out the side door and got into a parked vehicle driven by Brandon Brown and drove away.

Baker pleaded guilty on August 11, 2020 to robbery and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He was sentenced to 114 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.

The ATF and Shreveport Police Department conducted the investigations and Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Aaron Crawford prosecuted the case.

Baker's co-defendant, Brandon Brown, 29, also of Shreveport, was sentenced to 84 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for his role in the robberies. Brown pleaded guilty on July 14, 2020 to conspiracy to use, carry, brandish and discharge firearms during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdla/pr/wdla-news-round-march-3-2021