"Look at what happened in Dallasa peaceful protest, and then some madman," East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff Sid J. Gatreaux told NBC in the wake of the recent arrests. 17-year-old Antonio Thomas, 23-year-old Trashone Coats, 20-year-old Malik Bridgewater and a 13-year-old male have been arrested in connection to the burglary. WBRZ is working to confirm the names of those arrested. McKneely confirmed that a spate of gunfire and shootings that rocked the Old South Baton Rouge neighborhood where Coats lived over the course of two days were in "retaliation" for Rick's Nov. 2 shooting death. Sign up for our free email newsletter, and we'll make sure to keep you in the loop. HAMMOND, La. Threats against police officers tend to be relatively common occurrences, and according to Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, like most threats they're often not credible or acted upon. He was released on bond the day after that arrest. Surveillance footage showed the alleged burglars breaking into the pawn shop through the roof using a ladder, WAFB reports. We can't take anything for granted anymore.". Kengar Taylor, the mother of Keondrae Ricks, 18, sits on the steps of her house as family and friends comfort her Wednesday morning at her home less than a block from where Baton Rouge police found her son shot to death in the street. — -- A burglary at a pawn shop in Baton Rouge is believed to be part of a larger conspiracy to attack police officers in the area, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. A 13-year-old male was also arrested. We have been serving the Northern Nevada, California and Lake Tahoe communities since 1980 and are active participants in many area organizations. WAFB reports that Coats was released Tuesday. First published on July 12, 2016 / 5:08 PM. (Then he got an offer to perform in Georgia.) Seventeen-year-old Antonio Thomas was arrested at the shop after an "alert" Baton Rouge police officer responded, police said. Six of the guns have been recovered, however police are still working to recover the remaining two. That suspect told police the suspects were "looking for bullets" for the handguns in order to harm police officers in the Baton Rouge area, Dabadie said. BATON ROUGE - Police say a teen accused of being connected to a supposed plot to kill police this past summer has now been arrested in a November killing on Nebraska Street. Police in a residential neighborhood in Baton Rouge on Sunday, after dispersing a protest. The raid on the home Monday evening was part of a federal search warrant, WBRZ learned. The Cash America Pawn Shop in the 3300 block of Government Street was robbed Saturday night and 17-year-old Antonio Thomas was apprehended at the scene. On Monday, a raid was conducted at a Baton Rouge home in connection to the case, WAFB reports. A third, Trashone Coats, 23, was arrested and charged with illegal possession of a stolen firearm. Although never substantiated and was brushed off by local officials as a spurious hoax, the "purge" showed up in a leaked FBI warning reportedly issued to Louisiana law enforcement as a sign of general heightened danger to them over the weekend. In that burglary at Cash America Pawn on Government Street, eight guns were stolen and three adults and a 13-year-old were arrested, including Coats. McKneely confirmed that a chain of shootings after Ricks' killing were related and in "retaliation" for his death. Baton Rouge police bust plot to kill cops using guns stolen from pawn The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives assisted police in the investigation. A charge of illegal use of a weapon during a crime of violence also was pretermitted. "It's incumbent on the police now to act differently so that the community does not act badly to their presence That relationship can only be healed at the initiative of the police.". BATON ROUGE - For the second straight weekend, Watch the 2 Your Health report for Friday, April 28, 2023. An 18-year-old man was found shot to death early Wednesday in the middle of a Baton Rouge st. When police arrived at the scene, the kids took off and Coats was caught in possession with the two stolen weapons, he said. 1 LSU baseball wins game 2 vs Alabama 12-8. Bridgewater was arrested at his home, and the juvenile was arrested Monday and charged with burglary and theft of a firearm, Baton Rouge police tell CBS News. Trashone Coats, 23, was arrested with two of the handguns from the robbery. When asked what motivation someone might have had to kill her son, she said the shooter could have incorrectly assumed he had money. Police: teen arrested for November murder on Nebraska Street - WBRZ Alleged plot to kill Baton Rouge police foiled - CBS News NBC News reported: A suspect remains at large in an alleged plot to kill officers after the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling at a Louisiana store, authorities said Tuesday. After winning first basketball title in LSU history, Kim Mulkey says it's SEC considering drastic new punishments to deter fans from storming the field, Offense-Defense ties 32-32 in LSU's Spring Game, For help accessing the WBRZ-TV Public File, contact: Joey Verrett at, BATON ROUGE - The raid of a home Monday and a pawn shop burglary last week are connected to the arrests of three people who said they were going to kill police at protests for Alton Sterling, the.