Car thief jumps off Twin-Span trying to avoid arrest says sheriff

An Arabi-area man stole a car then tried to avoid arrest by leaping off the I-10 Twin Span into Lake Pontchartrain, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office says.

A resident on North Summerfield Loop in the Slidell area called the sheriff’s office Monday morning to report a man stealing her 2018 GMC Yukon.

Patrol deputies spotted the vehicle on I-10 near Oak Harbor. Using a safety feature on the SUV, deputies were able to disable it remotely, bringing it to a stop on the I-10 bridge…

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