Shreveport Police Department
PO Box P • Shreveport, LA 71161 • 318/673-6932 • Fax: 318/673-6933
www.ci.shreveport.la.us/dept/police/spdnews
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: April 5, 2002
Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer
318/673-6932
Man wanted for stealing Tahoe in custody
A Shreveport man wanted for stealing a 1997 red Chevy Tahoe from a Marshall, Texas, car dealership was arrested this morning.
William T. Funcheon, 29, was arrested when he showed up in District Court for a hearing on an unrelated vehicle theft case.
Funcheon will be charged as a fugitive from Marshall, and an extradition hearing will be held for him to be sent back to Texas.
The Tahoe was involved in an accident with an older-model van on Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Broadway and Greenwood Road. The accident took place just after a police officer who was chasing the Tahoe was involved in an accident with an empty Caddo Parish School bus.
Information about the stolen car was given to Shreveport police officers Thursday after a warrant was obtained for Funcheon’s arrest. Officer David Heaser saw the Tahoe while on patrol.
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