BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested a man who allegedly stole a vehicle and then used the victim’s debit card for multiple purchases.
Police said Marquese Northern, 34, stole the vehicle before making a purchase around $175 at a business on Airline Highway; the victim said Northern may have made purchases over $600.
Surveillance footage showed Northern placing a switched license plate over the vehicle to avoid detection as well. When police found the truck, they found Northern with the victim’s debit cards and found he caused “significant damage” to the rear of the victim’s vehicle…