A Dubach man was arrested Monday after he allegedly stole a cell phone and then destroyed it when the owner attempted to retrieve it.
Christopher Holland, 44, was arrested Monday after an investigation into the whereabouts of a phone the victim said was stolen out of a vehicle at a church.
The victim told Lincoln Parish deputies the iPhone was taken from a vehicle while parked at the church on Aug. 25. The victim was able to ping the phone and determine it was at the church. When she arrived at the church, the phone pinged at a different location. She tried calling the phone several times with no answer.
A man called the victim from the stolen iPhone stating he had found it in the road and to meet him. The victim recognized the man’s voice as Christopher Holland‘s.
The victim went to a convenience store to meet Holland, who allegedly called her and used derogatory names and threatened to break the phone. Deputies had the victim ping the phone again, and it showed to be in the area of Holland’s residence. However, he could not be located that day.
On Aug. 26, deputies found Holland at his residence in Dubach. He said he had tried to return the phone and that he had thrown out of his vehicle on U. S. 167.
The phone was recovered but was heavily damaged. The victim said she wanted to pursue charges. Holland was arrested and during a search, a metal cylinder attached to Holland‘s necklace was found to contain escitalopram oxalate, a prescription-only drug.
Holland was booked for theft, simple criminal damage to property, and possession of a legend drug. His bail amount was not available at publication time.
This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named or shown in photographs or video as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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