Criminal Justice Matters: Larry J. Brown, 1971, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 25, 1971 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

$60,000 Bank Robbery Loot Found On John Peters Road In Winn

The loot from a Baton Rouge bank robbery, more than $ 60,000 in cash, was
found buried in a chicken house off the John Peters Road five miles northwest
of Winnfield, Thursday night, November 18.

The cash was recovered following a joint investigation by East Baton Rouge
Parish Sheriff Bryan Clemmons, East Baton Rouge District Attorney Sargent
Pitcher, Jr., the FBI, and Winn Parish law officials.

The money, found buried in a suitcase wrapped in a plastic bag about one foot
under the ground, is part of that taken from the Louisiana National Bank
branch in Baton Rouge November 12, 1971, Sheriff Clemmons said.

Larry J. Brown, a 21 year old Baton Rouge Negro, was arrested Monday, November
15 at his home and charged in connection with the armed robbery.  Sheriff
Clemmons said the bank manager had been kidnaped on his way to work about 8:15
a.m. on the day of the robbery.

Cash of $ 69,282 and $ 30,000 in travelers checks and bonds was taken in the
bank robbery. $6,000 of the money was recovered from a clothes dryer at
Brown's residence and another $ 2,000 was used by Brown to purchase an
automobile.

Sergeant Jim Rushing of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said the bonds
and travelers checks were thrown into the Mississippi River and all are
believed to destroyed.

Brown is married to a former Winnfield resident, but officials said that his
wife had nothing to do with the robbery to their knowledge.

A lead on the whereabouts of the money was supplied to the Baton Rouge law
officers by "an informant," the Sheriff said.

The Baton Rouge law enforcement personnel were headed to Winnfield in a
sheriff's office plane Thursday, but were grounded by bad weather in
Alexandria.  From Alexandria, they reached Winnfield in FBI cars.

Along with unidentified FBI agents on the case in Winnfield were District
Attorney Sargent Pitcher, Sheriff Bryan Clemmons, Deputy Jim Rushing, and
Deputy Fred Cockrum, the sheriff's office pilot.

The men returned to Baton Rouge late Thursday and are continuing their
investigation.

The Louisiana National Bank branch is located on Plank Road in Baton Rouge.