NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department says they have arrested the two men who allegedly stole metal beams and other materials in May from the Five O Fore Golf facility construction site, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
Investigators were able to identify the suspects as 49-year-old Sherod Champ and 58-year-old Troy Forest.
Champ was arrested on Tuesday for felony theft and illegal possession of stolen things and Forest was arrested last week for illegal possession of stolen things.
NOLA.com obtained records showing that Forest sold metal for $3,422.40 and $10,424.64 on another occasion at Uptown Recycling
Two suspects were seen entering the construction site on May 20 with a semi-truck pulling a flatbed trailer and a white Dodge Ram pickup truck. After entering the site, the suspects used heavy machinery to put large steel beams onto the flatbed trailer before fleeing the scene.
The stolen material were returned to construction site after a Crimestoppers tipster led police to a recycling business on Claiborne Avenue about two miles away.
Anyone with additional information that can help in this investigation is asked to contact NOPD Sixth District detectives at 504-658-6060. If you wish to report information anonymously you can do so by calling Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans at 504-822-1111 or toll-free at 1-877-903-STOP.
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