A man from Dubach was arrested on Monday after allegedly stealing a mobile phone and then destroying it when the owner tried to get it back.

Christopher Holland, 44, was arrested Monday after an investigation into the whereabouts of a phone that the victim said was stolen from a vehicle in front of a church.

The victim told Lincoln Parish officials the iPhone was stolen from a vehicle parked in front of the church on August 25. The victim was able to ping the phone and found it was inside the church. When she arrived at the church, the phone pinged a different location. She tried calling the phone several times, but no one answered.

A man called the victim from the stolen iPhone and told him that he had found it on the street and that he should meet him. The victim recognized the man’s voice as that of Christopher Holland.

The victim went to a convenience store to meet Holland, who allegedly called her, used derogatory names, and threatened to destroy the phone. Officers had the victim ping the phone again and it showed that it was in the area of ​​Holland’s residence. However, he could not be located that day.

On August 26, officers found Holland at his Dubach residence. He said he tried to return the phone and threw it out of his vehicle on U.S. 167.

The phone was recovered but was badly damaged. The victim said she planned to press charges. Holland was arrested and a search found a metal cylinder attached to Holland’s necklace containing escitalopram oxalate, a prescription drug.

Holland was charged with theft, simple criminal damage and possession of a traitor drug. The amount of his bail was not known at the time of publication.

This information was provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Individuals named as suspects in a criminal case or shown in photographs or videos, or who have been arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of a crime and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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