(La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County Sheriff’s deputies played the part of repo men during a routine traffic stop this week.

 

On Thursday evening, officers pulled over a 2007 GMC Yukon on U.S. 20 near Swan Lake Cemetery for having expired temporary plates. After running the vehicle’s info, they discovered that it had been reported stolen out of Illinois.

 

The driver, 30-year-old Desean Tucker of Michigan City, told police he had purchased the Yukon from a dealer in Illinois over four months ago. According to an arrest report, officers helped Tucker remember that he had perhaps failed to make any payments on the vehicle and informed him that the dealer now had a lien on it.

 

Tucker was booked on charges of felony auto theft, as well as having an expired plate and not having proper insurance. According to court records, Tucker is already facing charges in La Porte Superior Court 1 for possession of narcotics, including methamphetamine.