LOCAL CLASSIFIEDS STOLEN SCHOOL BUS FOUND ABANDONED AT LOUISIANA POULTRY FARM

Police in East Texas chased (and gave up on) an out-of-control Richardson ISD school bus in May before recovering it at a Louisiana poultry farm the next day.

Witnesses told 911 operators the bus was out of control on Interstate 20 between Longview and Marshall. The bus reportedly was stolen from the Lake Highlands High School lot the weekend before school let out for summer. A Harrison County Sheriff spokesman told news station KPLC in Lake Charles, La. that the police were not sure if the bus was stolen, so they engaged in a slow speed pursuit only to county lines.

Demarquis Black, a spokesman with the Dallas Police Department, confirmed the bus was found and abandoned at the House of Raeford, a poultry farm in Arcadia, La.

“A supervisor at the poultry farm said the vehicle was found abandoned around 4 a.m., but did not get the call until around 8 a.m.,” Black said.

RISD communications manager Tim Clark told reporters that school personnel noticed the missing bus at about 11 p.m. Sunday, May 31, and reported it early the following morning. The bus reportedly was last accounted for at about 8 p.m. the previous Friday.

No one had been arrested as of press time.

CRIME NUMBERS | 2 men wearing masks, hoods and gloves plowed a Chevrolet Suburban through the front of a CVS pharmacy near Presbyterian hospital $0 was stolen as the would-be burglars were unsuccessful in several attempts to remove an ATM from the store 2 minutes of surveillance video, published by the Dallas Police Department, show the whole ordeal. Anyone with information on the crime should call Crime Stoppers at 214.373.8477

SOURCE Dallas Police Department