Miles Jay Oliver

The Shreveport Times

Update, Nov. 22:

Bossier Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a Shreveport man Monday afternoon for burglarizing the Church’s Chicken restaurant on Highway 80 in Haughton earlier this month.



Kenyatta M. Washington, 35, of the 7000 block of Brandtway Street, in Shreveport, was arrested Nov. 21 for forcefully entering the chicken restaurant in the early morning hours of Nov. 9. Detectives acquired surveillance video that showed a man, now known as Washington, crawling on the lobby floor after breaking the glass door to the entrance of the restaurant around 3 a.m. Washington then took a rock and broke the glass on the door to the office of the restaurant, where he systematically went for the money in the office. He stole around $2,400 during the burglary.



Washington, an employee of another fast food restaurant in Shreveport at the time of the burglary, was a former employee at the Church’s restaurant about three months earlier. When questioned by Bossier detectives, Washington confessed to burglarizing his former business in order to pay for his wedding; he got married 10 days later on Nov. 19, using the money he stole from Church’s to fund the wedding and the ring.



Washington was transported to the Bossier Maximum Security Facility for booking where he faces a $25,000 bond.

Original story:

Detectives with the Bossier Sheriff’s office released surveillance video of the early morning robbery of a Haughton fast food restaurant.

The incident happened around 3 a.m. Wednesday at the Church’s Chicken at 1310 Highway 80 in Haughton. A man broke through a glass door and forcefully entered the establishment. The surveillance video shows the man crawling on the lobby floor in an apparent attempt to conceal himself from cameras. In the video, the suspect goes straight to the places where money is kept in the restaurant.

The suspect punched through a glass pane of a door to the office, where he stole money from several areas before exiting the business and fleeing the scene.

In addition to the images caught on video, detectives say the suspect left blood in several spots around the business after apparently cutting himself.

The man is described as a black male wearing a black wave cap, black pants and no shirt.

In the video, the man is seen wearing a black smock and gloves, which were removed during the commission of the burglary.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Bossier Crime Stoppers at (318) 424-4100.

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