Man pleads guilty to robbing two Dollar General stores, officials say

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A Baton Rouge man has pleaded guilty to robbing two Dollar General stores in 2019, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The man, Tyler Dunn, 23, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson.

As part of Dunn’s guilty plea, he admitted to the robbery of one of the Dollar General stores on Prescott Road back on November 17, 2019, officials said. They added that he was with three other robbers, who all had on masks and were carrying handguns.

Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office said that one of the robbers pointed a gun at an employee at the Prescott store, jumped over the counter, and took money from the store’s safe. The robbers made off with about $7,000 from the Prescott store, officials said.

During the robbery of the Prescott store, Dunn also forced a worker to move from the back of the store to the front of the store while he pointed a gun at her, officials said.

Dunn was also allegedly involved in the robbery of a Dollar General store on Scenic Highway on November 21, 2019, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Officials said that three other people were also involved, and all of them were wearing masks and carrying handguns.

During the robbery of the Scenic Highway store, two workers were attempting to lock a security gate, officials said. They added that the robbers then forced the two workers to open the door and enter the store.

Officials said that one robber ordered a worker at the Scenic Highway store to go to the back of the building and turn off an alarm. The worker then removed about $1,200 from a safe and handed it over to the robbers against her will, officials added.

The investigation was handled by the Baton Rouge Police Department; the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab; and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

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