36-year-old Byron Watson of New Orleans, suspected of committing a bank robbery on November 7, 2025 in Slidell, was taken into custody Wednesday (November 12, 2025) afternoon following a standoff.
Since the robbery of a Fidelity Bank location, Slidell Police Department investigators worked to analyze evidence, review surveillance footage, and track down leads…ultimately identifying the suspect as Watson and a arrest warrant was issued.
During the robbery, the suspect disguised his appearance by wearing a gray tracksuit, a “COVID mask,” neck brace, bucket hat, and clear fanny pack, while carrying a cane and pretending to limp as he entered the establishment. He then passed a note to the bank teller and announced that he was robbing the bank. After stealing an undisclosed amount of money, the suspect fled the scene; this time, without the limp he had previously faked. Investigators believe he fled the area utilizing a vehicle that was parked nearby.
Watson was located at a residence in the Hollygrove area of New Orleans, where he barricaded himself inside as federal authorities attempted to make contact. With assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's SWAT team, Louisiana State Police, and the New Orleans Police Department, Watson peacefully surrendered and was taken into custody without incident.
***All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty***
The Federal Bureau of Investigation will adopt the case and pursue federal charges against Watson.
"𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩," said SPD's Chief Daniel Seuzeneau. "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳… 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘉𝘐. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬."
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