Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced two people have been arrested in connection with a vehicle burglary investigation. Tedgrick Montgomery Jr., 29, of South Carolina and Sandy Palmer, 40, of Michigan were arrested in Baton Rouge on Thursday. Montgomery has outstanding warrants for several Louisiana parishes and in three other states.
Just before 6 a.m. on Thursday, April 24, deputies and detectives responded to a fitness center in Raceland in reference to several vehicles being burglarized in the parking lot of the business. Some of the vehicles had broken windows due to forced entry. The male suspect was driving a black SUV, and was under investigation for other burglaries in the parishes of Terrebonne and Livingston.
In working with area law enforcement in multiple parishes, detectives located the vehicle in the Baton Rouge area. Baton Rouge Police conducted a traffic stop and identified Montgomery and Palmer as the occupants of the vehicle. During a search of the vehicle, investigators located evidence from burglaries in three parishes. Further investigation revealed Palmer attempted to cash stolen checks in the New Orleans and Gonzales areas, and she was in possession of several other blank checks. Both were arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail on warrants. They were subsequently transported to the Livingston Parish Detention Center and booked on warrants there…