The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office announced they’ve arrested two Folsom-area people for allegedly burglarizing a rural church near Folsom last week.
The pastor of the church told investigators someone had burglarized the church on Hay Hollow Road and stole several pieces of music equipment.
The STPSO said in a statement, “During the investigations, STPSO detectives learned a similar church burglary had occurred just across the parish line in Tangipahoa Parish. Detectives were able to obtain video surveillance footage from that burglary and evidence from the burglary in Folsom to identify Coty Rainey and Krystal Sheppard-Pierre as suspects in both crimes.”
Investigators say Rainey sold some of the stolen items at a local pawn shop.
The investigation further uncovered that Rainey had sold some of the stolen items at a local pawn shop.
When Rainey returned to the pawn shop on Tuesday to sell more of the stolen items, detectives were there to arrest Rainey and Sheppard-Pierre.
