Ruston Police arrested a Opelousas man last week for peeping Tom who was determined to be a car burglar in possession of drugs after further investigation.
Kobe Karhon Thomas, 27, was arrested on October 25 after a woman on Paul Avenue reported a man peeping in her windows. Thomas was subsequently charged with vehicle burglaries in the neighborhood as well as drug possession.
The woman called police reporting a man was knocking on her door and peeping in her windows. Responding officers found Thomas rummaging through a vehicle nearby. Upon seeing police, Thomas fled into a wooded area. He was captured shortly thereafter.
A pistol magazine and a pocket knife were discarded by Thomas as he fled. These items were later discovered to have been stolen from a nearby vehicle.
A third vehicle was located that had been rummaged through and was in a state of disarray. The glove box was open and items strewn about. At the time of the officer’s report, it was unknown if anything had been taken from this vehicle.
A smoking pipe suspected to be used in consuming drugs was found on Thomas. Thomas later discarded a small bag of suspected methamphetamine in a patrol car, and when booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center, Xanax pills were found in his sock.
Thomas was booked for two counts of simple burglary of a vehicle, peeping Tom, three counts of criminal trespass by entering vehicles, resisting an officer, possession of methamphetamine, possession of Xanax, obstruction of justice by discarding evidence, and introduction of contraband into a penal facility.
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