Stolen vehicle recovered during investigation
The Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office recovered a pick-up truck stolen from Ruston during the arrest of the driver on a suspicious vehicle call.
Seth Cooper Allen, 26, was arrested on January 26 after a deputy responded to La. Highway 3005 regarding a suspicious vehicle.
The deputy found the vehicle stopped partially in the roadway. The driver exited the truck and said he was working on the vehicle for his cousin. He said he did not know where his cousin got the vehicle or who it belonged to.
When asked his name, the man said Gabriel Irwin. A record check on that name and the date of birth showed no results in databases.
When the deputy returned from checking the name in his patrol vehicle, he saw a wallet on the ground next to the man’s feet. At that time, the man said he had been dishonest about his name and identified himself as Seth Allen.
A warrant check showed Allen was wanted by the Ruston Police Department for criminal trespass and bank fraud. Paperwork in the glove box and the vehicle identification number showed the truck had been stolen in Ruston and the license plate switched.
Allen was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for illegal possession of stolen things, switched license plate, resisting an officer by providing false information, and the warrants for criminal trespass and bank fraud.
Allen’s bail was set at $17,500.
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