New Orleans police are asking the public to help identify a man accused of hopping into a parked car in the French Quarter, driving off, and leaving detectives to piece together what happened on busy Canal Street.
On Thursday, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) released surveillance stills of a suspect wanted in connection with an auto theft that took place one week earlier. Investigators say the man drove away in a vehicle parked in the 200 block of Canal Street. According to police, the car was later recovered, but they are still working to track down the person behind the wheel.
What Police Released
According to the New Orleans Police Department, the theft happened last Thursday in the 200 block of Canal Street when the suspect seen in the stills allegedly took a parked car and drove off. The department says the vehicle has since been recovered…