Former Minneapolis SWAT team member Timothy Carson faces a new series of armed robbery charges — seven in all — related to hold-ups across suburban Dakota County.

Charges filed by the Dakota County Attorney’s office today link him to the hold-up of a man in a car in Eagan, as well as robberies or attempted robberies at a Marathon gas station in Rosemount, a CVS pharmacy, a Quik Stop convenience store, a Walgreens and a U.S. Bank in Apple Valley.

Apple Valley police arrested Carson, 28, of Rosemount, on January 6, hours after the hold-up of a Wells Fargo bank there. He faces federal charges in connection with that robbery because banks are federally insured.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s office later charged the ex cop and Iraq war veteran with five counts of first-degree robbery for a series of hold-ups near his precinct headquarters in South Minneapolis, including a woman at a bus stop.

Carson remains in federal custody.

The latest charges state that when Apple Valley police had two Minneapolis police officers inspect security photos from the bank heists, they noticed what looked like a white mark or sticker on the bottom of the gun’s magazine or cartridge clip.

Minneapolis police use the white stickers, which carry the officer’s badge number, to identify their clips.

The officers also determined that Carson was not working at the time of the robberies.

The charges also state that during police interviews on Jan. 6, Carson admitted to the Dakota County hold-ups and identified himself as the driver of the white Mitsubishi Gallant used in each one.

The charges give little indication as to his motive, despite widespread media reports that Carson had a four-year-old daughter with serious health concerns.

“Carson stated that he committed the above robberies in an attempt to get money to pay bills,” the criminal complaint reads.

Frederick Melo can be reached at 651-228-2172.