Shreveport Police Department
PO Box P • Shreveport, LA 71161 • 318/673-6932 • Fax: 318/673-6933
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Aug. 16, 2002
Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer
318/673-6932
Police recover stolen property, arrest one
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Shreveport detectives have spent much of the past two days seizing and cataloguing more than $10,000 worth of stolen property recovered from a home in the 4000 block of Mayfield.
Computers, televisions, VCRs, power tools and other items were found from burglaries dating back to 1997. The most recent items were found to have been stolen this summer.
Police arrested Eddie Johnson, 42, of the 4000 block of Mayfield this afternoon. When police arrested him at his home, they found some crack cocaine and several hundred dollars. He has now been charged with two counts of illegal possession stolen things for having the stolen property and possession of Schedule II for the cocaine.
The investigation began after a citizen’s tip to the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office, Shreveport Police Department and Caddo Probation and Parole participated in the search.
Detectives are currently working to track down the owners of the stolen items. More charges against Johnson could be filed.
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