A Minden man has been charged with damage to a vehicle after he allegedly introduced a fluid into the fuel system with intent to disable it.
Joshua Evan Bordelon, 31, was arrested by Louisiana Tech Police on November 4 after two apparent incidents meant to disable a woman’s car while parked on campus.
Police found the woman’s vehicle stalled in a busy intersection, placing the woman in a hazardous situation. The vehicle was towed to an auto service center where a technician determined a fluid had been added to the fuel system causing it to stall.
A similar situation occurred several days earlier and the same technician determined “DEF fluid,” diesel exhaust fluid, which will damage gasoline-powered vehicles.
Tech Police viewed surveillance video of the victim’s parked car on campus and was able to follow a suspect loitering near the fuel fill area and then to the student center
where he used a card to pay for a meal. Bordelon was identified as the suspect from the card transaction.
Bordelon’s arrest report noted the vehicle was intentionally damaged which placed the victim’s life in jeopardy of the engine shutting off, causing the accelerator, power brakes, and power steering to fail.
No motive for the damage was mentioned in the report synopsis on file at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.
Bordelon was booked at the detention center for aggravated criminal damage to property and criminal mischief.
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