Debby Schamber
The Orange Leader
May 10, 2009 10:14 pm
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The Orange County grand jury met this week and returned an indictment against Cory Lee Gaspard, 28, of Groves, for felony burglary of a vehicle.
According to reports from the Orange Police Department, at about noon on February 24, officers met with a woman at the Flying J truck stop who reported she was at the gas pump when she was approached by a man wanting to sell some shrimp. The woman stated she told the man she was not interested and he walked away from her.
She reported that after she finished fueling her vehicle she turned away from it to hang the nozzle back on the pump. As she turned back around she saw the same man walking away from her vehicle. She then entered her vehicle and noticed her purse was missing and the passenger door was ajar.
By the time she noticed the purse missing, the man had gotten into a nearby vehicle and was driving away.
The man was later identified as Gaspard. He had two prior convictions for burglary of a vehicle when he allegedly stole the purse from the woman’s vehicle.
Other indictments returned include;
• Shannon Alan Harrington, 21, Vidor, theft of a firearm- Harrington is accused of stealing a firearm;
• Anthony Wayne Arinder, 31, Evadale, tampering with a governmental record - Arinder is accused of signing a traffic ticket using someone else’s name;
• Arnold Franklin Horton, 50, Vidor, felony forgery - Horton is accused of passing a stolen and forged check at a grocery store in Vidor;
• Van John Smith, 47, Brookland, felony driving while intoxicated- Smith is accused of having at least two prior convictions of driving while intoxicated and being arrested for the same offense;
• Karen Sue Champeaux, 43, Orange, felony possession of a controlled substance- Champeaux is accused of being in possession of cocaine;
• Christopher Sein Peck-Perkins, 28, Orange, felony possession of a controlled substance (2 cases)- Perkins is accused of being in possession of cocaine and PCP.
Debby Schamber is a reporter for the Orange Leader. She can be reached at 409-883-3571 ext. 2603 or at dschamber@orangeleader.com.
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