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NOPD Arrests Subject for Auto Burglary in the Third District

by Gary Scheets

December 29, 2019

Categories: On Duty

Topics: Burglary/Theft, Good Police Work, Third District

NOPD Arrests Subject for Auto Burglary in the Third District

The NOPD arrested a subject for auto burglary in the Third District.

On December 29, 2019 around 3 a.m. the Lakeview Crime Prevention District and Third District officers received a call reporting a suspicious person near the intersection of Canal Boulevard and Mouton Street.

When responding officers arrived, they located and apprehended a subject in possession of a laptop stolen from a vehicle in the area.

Troy Wright (B/M DOB: 8/11/1994) was taken into custody and charged with simple burglary of a vehicle.

Investigators are working to determine whether Wright is involved in several additional vehicle burglaries that have occurred recently in the Lakeview area.

Wright was transported to the Orleans Parish Justice Center.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Third District at 504-658-6030 or call Crimestoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111 and toll-free at 1-877-903-7867.