Deputies arrested a Sulphur man after he allegedly burglarized a home in Acadia Parish while wearing a Calcasieu Parish’s Deputy jacket and badge. Authorities received a call of a suspicious person running in a field and were led to an area off Branch Highway near White Oak Highway. Acadia Sheriff KP Gibson says within minutes officers were on the scene.
“So obviously our focus was on this person that’s running. We along with farmers in the area who were trying to pin him into an area were able to get him stuck in a field where he really had nowhere to go and he surrendered with the assistance of the farmers.”
During the home invasion, 33-year-old Adam Creel, allegedly detained the homeowner with handcuffs and rummaged through the residence taking several items before fleeing. Gibson says they learned Creel forcefully entered the victim’s residence.
“We were able to recover some of the property that was taken from the victim. The victim identified him as well as recovering property. He was charged with a multitude of charges.”
Deputies are working to identify if other persons were possibly involved. Gibson says in this case local residents took extra steps to help and made a major difference.
“The biggest thing I can do is thank the farmers. We do want to work as a parish to resolve crime. It’s just nice to see this case was cleared. Just glad to see the community works well with us as they always have.”
Creel was charged with home invasion, a convicted felon possessing a firearm, armed robbery, obstruction of justice, false imprisonment, and impersonation of a law enforcement officer.
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