A Dallas, Texas, man was arrested Aug. 11 by Grambling Police during the investigation of a residential burglary.
Deontae J. Williams, 24, was taken into custody after GPD officers responded to an apartment burglary on Edith Rose Lane about 2 p.m.
The victim said he returned home from football practice and found several pairs of shoes and an Apple MacBook had been taken from his apartment. The victim used a phone app and determined his MacBook was in a nearby apartment.
The apartment manager provided surveillance video that showed a man carrying two book bags leaving the area about the time of the burglary and going into another apartment.
The apartment manager spoke with the tenant of that apartment who said he was in Dallas. The manager unlocked the apartment and a man fitting the description of the suspect in the video was located.
Williams admitted going inside the victim’s apartment and taking the shoes and the computer. The items were recovered in the apartment.
A records check showed Williams was wanted in Texas for robbery. In addition to the stolen property, officers found items typically used in drug trafficking, including a vacuum seal machine, digital scale, and vacuum-sealed bags containing marijuana residue.
A bed still in its original box stolen in a previous burglary was also also located.
Williams was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, possession of drug paraphernalia, illegal possession of stolen things, and the robbery warrant.
Bail on the local charges was set at $30,000.
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