Overview
- On Nov. 1, Sgt. Jeff Kahrs responded to a shoplifting at Dillard's in Slidell, prompting an on-foot chase captured on body camera.
- The suspect, 34-year-old Kelsey Baird of Navarre, Florida, ran into a waiting car driven by 43-year-old Eric Boudreaux of Biloxi, Mississippi, according to police.
- A passerby, later identified as Slidell resident Lesli Smith, offered Kahrs a ride to follow the vehicle while he radioed updates.
- Backup officers detained Baird and Boudreaux, charging both with theft and resisting an officer by flight; Baird also faces a methamphetamine charge.
- Police and Mayor Randy Fandal presented Smith with a Citizenship Award, and Chief Daniel Seuzeneau publicly praised her assistance and cautioned would-be thieves that offenders will be pursued and prosecuted.