A Choudrant man was arrested Monday afternoon after an investigation by Choudrant Police and the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Department.
Monday morning the Choudrant Police Department responded to a burglary at the Culbertson Water System office on Highway 820. Employees of the water system reported cash been stolen from a safe and a tablet was taken from an office. The water system provided by the name of a possible suspect.
At about 9:40 a.m. Monday patrol deputies handling another call located Cameron Talley, 19, and another male walking on Highway 818. Talley admitted he broke into the office on Sunday and took the amount of money the system reported stolen. The tablet was recovered.
Talley was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for simple burglary.
Bail was set at $20,000.
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