Teen charged in auto theft, burglaries

A 16-year-old suspect was caught in Morgan City and charged in connection with the theft of a vehicle and two vehicle burglaries, Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon said in a news release.

On Saturday, Assumption Parish sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of an auto theft in the vicinity of Bankers Court in Pierre Part. Upon investigating, deputies determined that a vehicle which had been stolen in St. Mary Parish was left at the Pierre Part crime scene, and a vehicle there had been stolen, Falcon said.

Investigating detectives identified two automobile burglaries that had occurred in which numerous items had been stolen including firearms from one of the vehicles.

Morgan City police stopped the vehicle which had been stolen from Bankers Court shortly after a bulletin had been issued by Assumption Parish, Falcon said.

The vehicle was occupied by three subjects. The investigation determined that the 16-year-old juvenile was responsible for the auto theft as well as the two auto burglaries, Falcon said. The stolen firearms were recovered. The juvenile was taken into custody through the process of a verified complaint and was in continued custody.