A Ruston man well known to local law enforcement was arrested last week after a string of crimes ranging from car break-ins to armed robbery.

Jamarlon R. Armstong, 23, was arrested Wednesday when Ruston Police responded to a shots fired call on Third Street and found him in the vicinity. 

Armstrong was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center Wednesday afternoon on five arrest warrants, stemming from crimes in Ruston and on the Louisiana Tech campus. Bail was set at $550,000.

Louisiana Tech Assistant Police Chief Bill Davis said video surveillance evidence connected Armstrong to the break-in of one vehicle and an attempted entry of another on campus two weeks ago. He was charged on two warrants for simple burglary of a vehicle and attempted simple burglary of vehicle.

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Three warrants for simple burglary, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm by convicted felon pertained to incidents in Ruston. Additional information was not available.

Both Ruston Police and Louisiana Tech Police have arrested Armstrong in the past.

Armstrong was charged with bank fraud and illegal transmission of monetary funds in July 2022 after a vehicle burglary. Armstrong allegedly used four debit/credit cards stolen from the vehicle

Tech Police arrested Armstrong for allegedly breaking into cars on campus in March 2022. An alert officer operating Tech’s dispatch center saw two people on one of the university’s numerous surveillance cameras entering multiple cars in a residential housing area. Patrol officers responded as the dispatcher directed them to the two men. The suspects ran and the officers were able to apprehend Armstrong who was arrested for two counts of simple burglary of a vehicle, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting an officer.

Information on the 2022 charges was not immediately available.