City police arrest pawn shop owner

BY MARCELLE HANEMANN
The Daily News
Published/Last Modified on Monday, September 21, 2009 8:54 AM CDT


The purported owner of Doug’s Pawn Shop at 601 Superior Ave. has been charged with the buying and selling of a motor vehicle with a removed or obliterated vehicle identification number (VIN), after the Bogalusa Police Department assisted the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office with a stolen vehicle investigation.

Nathaniel Hickman, 26, 19074 Lee Road, Franklinton, was also charged with failure to keep records of motor vehicle sales, said BPD spokesman Capt. Joe Culpepper.

“We got a complaint from the St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office that they had a motorcycle reported stolen, and had information it had been pawned at Doug’s,” he said.

A stolen vehicle investigation out of St. Tammany Parish led charges being filed against a local pawn shop owner. DAILY NEWS PHOTO/Marcelle Hanemann

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Both law enforcement agencies then paid a visit to the pawn shop, found the motorcycle on-site and discovered it also did not have the required VIN, said Culpepper.

It was additionally discovered that the victim, a St. Tammany Parish resident, had originally purchased the motorcycle from Doug’s, he said.

Culpepper said the victim must have known the motorcycle didn’t have a VIN because on the paperwork it was noted that the VIN was “NA” or not available.

The STPSO has identified the person who stole the motorcycle and then pawned it back to the place it had been purchased, said Culpepper. He was not sure if the suspect had yet been arrested.

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Comments

    every dog has his day wrote on Sep 24, 2009 8:12 PM:

    " nathaniel is EXACTLY right, things arn't always as they appear. nice clothes, money, sweaky clean look, smooth talking, and seem "to have it all people" will be the first to pull the wool over your head. this has been a long time coming.... "

    Nathaniel Hickman wrote on Sep 23, 2009 1:15 PM:

    " Things are not always as they appear, however I am at Doug’s 601 Superior Ave Bogalusa, La 70427 on Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm please feel free to stop by, I will be glad to answer any questions you my have … 9857323718 "

    RB wrote on Sep 23, 2009 7:17 AM:

    " I just got one question, IS there any honest people left in BOGALUSA???????????????? "

    Tithes and Offerins wrote on Sep 22, 2009 4:45 PM:

    " As long as you pay your tithes on dirty money, when pastor sticks it in his wallet it washes it clean... "

    Oh Lord wrote on Sep 22, 2009 11:22 AM:

    " Certainly, someone will be able to PrAY these boys out of this minor infraction! "

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