Armed Robbery Sends Louisiana Man to Federal Prison for Almost 10 Years

Published June 4, 2021

From the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Louisiana – Rekory Johnson, 26, of Shreveport, has been sentenced for his role in a robbery that took place in Shreveport in November 2018. Johnson pleaded guilty on August 31, 2020, to robbery and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and was sentenced to 117 months (9 years, 9 months) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.

The robbery occurred on November 27, 2018, when Rekory Johnson and another co-defendant entered the Petro Gas Station on West Bert Kouns in Shreveport with the intent to rob the store using firearms. The two men entered the store wearing all dark clothing, covered faces and both were armed with semi-automatic handguns, and demanded money from the cashier. They told the cashier to open the vault, but she did not have access to it. Johnson and his co-defendant then ran out the side door and got into a parked vehicle driven by Brandon Brown and drove away.

The ATF and Shreveport Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Aaron Crawford prosecuted the case.