A woman was arrested early last Wednesday morning after she allegedly entered several vehicles at the Chateau Normandy Apartments.
Ruston police received a call shortly after midnight Wednesday morning reporting a woman in the parking lot was pulling on car door handles attempting to gain access. The caller saw the woman going inside one vehicle.
A responding officer saw a woman matching the description leaving the apartment complex at 2000 West Barnett Springs Ave. She was stopped and the officer observed she appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance.
The caller, an apartment security guard, said the woman attempted to open several cars in the parking lot, he only observed her open one or two. Four vehicles were found unlocked in the parking lot that had their middle consoles open as if the contents had been rifled through.
The woman, Nicole Albritton, 40, of Grambling, said she had gone through her nephew’s car. The registered owner of that vehicle was not her nephew and said she did not give Albritton permission to be in her vehicle.
Albritton was arrested and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for four counts of simple burglary of a vehicle.
Bail was set at $15,000.
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