Slidell park concession stand burglarized; candy, drinks taken

By Erik Sanzenbach
St. Tammany News
Published on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:09 AM CDT

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Slidell police are asking the public for help in identifying a person or persons who broke into a concession stand in John Slidell Park sometime last weekend, and stole $1,000 worth of candy and soft drinks and vandalized the stand.

Capt. Kevin Foltz, police spokesman said the break-in occurred sometime between 10 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 a.m. Sunday. The burglar or burglars got in to the stand by pushing a portable air conditioner out of the wall and crawling through the hole.

While inside the stand, the perpetrators ate several pickles and poured a large jar of jalapeno peppers all over the inside of the concession stand.

Police said the suspect or suspect got away with several cases of soft drinks and $1,000 worth of candy bars such as Mars Bars, Snickers and M&M’s. They also stole a nacho cheese sauce machine, a box of tortilla chips, and two boxes of sunflower seeds. The police were able to recover the nacho cheese machine, chips and sunflower seeds under a bush in the park. Foltz said the police are checking the items for fingerprints.

Detective Brian Nicaud is in charge of the investigation and believes the burglar or burglars probably goes to a local school. He said the perpetrators might try and sell the candy at school.

He also wants to hear from parents whose children came home this weekend smelling strongly of pickle juice or jalapeno peppers.

Anyone with any information on the break-in can call Nicaud at 646-4347, or they can call CrimeStoppers at 1-877-903-7867.

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