A 29-year-old fugitive from the Louisiana Department of Corrections has been booked with a string of robberies that has plagued the Slidell area since late April.
Errol Farrar, 60476 Palm Dr., Slidell, was apprehended by St. Tammany Parish sheriff's deputies and Slidell police on Wednesday evening, authorities announced this morning.
Errol Farrar
Farrar, originally from Kenner, was on
the lam from the department of corrections since August, when he escaped from a work release facility in Lake Charles, authorities said. He had been serving a 10-year sentence for an aggravated battery in Jefferson Parish.
He will be booked by Slidell police with three armed robberies that occurred in their jurisdiction, and the Sheriff's Office is expected to book him with first-degree robbery, simple robbery, resisting arrest and unauthorized entry into an inhabited dwelling.
Farrar is accused of robbing Magnolia Discount Store at 1540 Gause Blvd. on April 25, according to Slidell police
The Sheriff's Office claims Farrar robbed the Chevron gas station about 2:30 a.m. Monday, near the intersection of U.S. 11 and Brown's Switch Road in the Slidell area.
About 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Farrar allegedly robbed the same gas station, sheriff's officials said.
Slidell police say he most recently held-up the Circle K at 1150 Front St. at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, and then the Shell
station on Gause Boulevard shortly thereafter, both in the city of Slidell.
Sheriff Jack Strain and Slidell Police Chief Freddy Drennan attributed Farrar's apprehension to cooperation between their departments along with many others, including the state department of corrections, and the Louisiana Department of Probation and Parole.
Farrar has been wanted by the department of corrections for simple escape. In addition to the three armed robbery charges, Slidell police said their department also will book him with being a fugitive from Calcasieu Parish and resisting arrest by flight.
He was allegedly living with his girlfriend in the Slidell area, and there is surveillance footage from all five robberies linking Farrar to the crimes, authorities said.
