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Police arrest man accused of stealing 7 school buses in a month

1 hour 23 minutes 32 seconds ago Wednesday, April 22 2026 Apr 22, 2026 April 22, 2026 5:30 PM April 22, 2026 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police arrested a man accused of stealing seven school buses from three schools over the course of a month. 

Christopher Johnson, 20, was arrested Tuesday on seven counts of theft of a motor vehicle. 

WBRZ previously reported that he was wanted for allegedly stealing five buses from Helix Aviation Academy, one from Iberville Charter Academy and another from Inspire Charter Academy. 

Many of the stolen buses were later found with the keys still inside. 

Police identified Johnson as a suspect from surveillance video inside the buses. 

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