LAPLACE –  A LaPlace man was arrested this weekend shortly after he robbed a local gas station.
On Friday at 1:19 a.m., St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to 4300 U.S. Highway 51 in LaPlace, the Circle K store, for the report of an armed robbery. The clerk told investigators that the alleged perpetrator, identified as 24-year-old Corey Dunn of Lemoyne Drive in LaPlace, approached the counter and lifted his shirt displaying what was believed to be a handgun. He then told the clerk that he did not want to kill her or hurt her, but he just wanted her to empty out the cash register. He left the store with the cash and drove away.
The clerk called 911 dispatchers and gave a description of the perpetrator, his clothing, the vehicle that he was driving and the direction that he drove. Just minutes after the call, a responding deputy saw a vehicle matching the description of the perpetrator‘s vehicle with its driver matching the description of the perpetrator.
The vehicle was  stopped, and the suspect was arrested. Dunn was booked with first-degree robbery.