[StBernard] Deputies seek suspect in damaged autos case in Chalmette

[Westley Annis]

Deputies seek suspect in damaged autos case in Chalmette

Updated: Jun 07, 2013 7:42 PM CDT
Contributor: FOX8Live.com Staff
 

FOX 8 received this news release from the St. Bernard Sheriff's Office
Friday evening:

Home surveillance cameras have yielded a photo of an SUV in the immediate
area and at the same time when a spree of damage totaling some $5,000 was
done to 7 parked vehicles in the Buccaneer North area of Chalmette early
June 4, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Anyone in the light-colored SUV shown on Evangeline Drive at 4 a.m. Tuesday
may either have seen suspicious activity or took part in the crimes, the
sheriff said. Sheriff's detectives would like to question on whether they
noticed any unusual. Anyone with information should call SBSO at (504)
271-2501.

One or more people threw ceramic items and bricks, all stolen from the lawns
of two homes in the area, and broke front or back windshields of vehicles on
several streets about 4 a.m. and caused other damage.

One still photo was obtained from a video on a home camera system on
Evangeline Drive and that one and another one on Kings Drive have video that
are being enhanced to reveal more about the SUV, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

He said the damage amounts to $5,000 and anyone involved would face when
caught felony charges of criminal damage to property as well as theft for
the items taken that were thrown at the vehicles.

"These were pointless crimes of opportunity,'' Sheriff Pohlmann said, adding
the only aim seemed to be to vandalize the parked vehicles. Nothing
apparently was stolen in the incidents.

Maybe it was young people who didn't realize the severity of what they were
doing or someone who didn't care, the sheriff said.

The sheriff is asking for the public's help in identifying anyone involved
in the incidents or someone who may have been in the SUV. Call the Sheriff's
Office at 271-2501 or call Det. Sgt. Anthony Bruscato, who is handling the
case, at 277-7755.

Vehicles were damaged on Kings Drive, Imperial drive, Patricia Street and
Hamlet Street, with the biggest number vandalized on Kings Drive.

All were damaged by thrown ceramic items or bricks that were traced to
thefts early Tuesday morning from the front of two Chalmette residences, on
Benjamin Street and Shangri-La Drive, the sheriff said.

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