CADDO PARISH, LA (KSLA) -
Bobby Parks had been on the lam for nearly two years, but when his day of reckoning finally came, he couldn't get to the jail fast enough.
"And came running in, and he was hollering I've got a warrant," said Bobby Wyche, the jail commander at Caddo Correctional Center.
According to the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office, Parks was wanted on two warrants obtained by Caddo Sheriff's Detective Frank Edmondson. The first warrant was signed by a judge in August 2010.
Shreveport Police spotted Parks Tuesday and attempted to take him into custody on the warrants. Parks fled and led authorities on a chase to the Caddo Correctional Center where he abandoned his vehicle in the parking lot and ran through the main lobby into an administrative/office area reserved for deputies before being taken into custody by Caddo Deputy Sonja Nunnery and SPD officers.
Surveillance video obtained by KSLA News 12 clearly shows a man running into the lobby with several police officers just a few steps behind him, some of them have their guns drawn.
"He should have stopped for SPD when they were in hot pursuit of him" said Wyche.
Parks, 40, of Shreveport, was taken back to the Shreveport City Jail where he was booked for flight and as a fugitive on the warrants. He was expected to be transferred back to CCC later in the day.
He faces three theft charges on the two warrants for failing to pay several area businesses for auto repair services. The total loss from the thefts was $8,748.
Edmondson said Parks will likely face two more theft charges for purchasing $2,600 worth of tires with a check from a closed account and for failing to provide tires to a person who paid him $340.
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Parks fled and led authorities on a chase to the Caddo Correctional Center.
Bobby Parks, 40 (Source: Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office)
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