SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – Alex Russell, 38, was arrested following an investigation that began with the reported theft of a vehicle from the 100 block of East Kings Highway, according to the Shreveport Police Department.
Detectives with SPD’s Property Crimes Unit were notified after Russell allegedly towed a vehicle that did not belong to him to a scrap yard and sold it. Authorities said the business provided documentation confirming that Russell had misrepresented the vehicle as his own during the transaction.
In the days that followed, officers made contact with Russell and tried to take him into custody, but he resisted. After a brief struggle, Russell was arrested at his home in the 200 block of Boulevard Street on May 6…