The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office is asking for help in identifying a man captured on surveillance video.
The man is shown on video stealing a catalytic converter at a business in the 300 block of Diesel Drive in Scott, deputies say.
The video shows the man removing the catalytic converter from a GMC C4500 truck by cutting it, deputies say.
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Anyone with information on this suspect is asked to call the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division at (337) 236-5636 or Lafayette Crime Stoppers at (337) 232-TIPS.
