Man arrested for allegedly beating and robbing driver following car crash

BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested a man after he allegedly beat and robbed a driver after they got into a wreck in August.

Jeffery Cooks, 24, was one of two drivers in a car crash on Aug. 30 at the intersection of Calumet Street and Geronimo Street.

Arrest documents say that after the crash, Cooks got out of his car, pointed a gun at the other driver and shouted, “I am going to kill you!” before punching him in the face and repeatedly kicking him…

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