A Houma man who police say was shoplifting from a Slidell sporting goods store led officers on a chase through Slidell, into New Orleans and then back into Slidell Monday night.

During the chase, the driver of the vehicle was seen tossing things out of the Nissan Altima's window, the Slidell Police Department said in a news release Tuesday.

The driver, identified as Shawn LeBlanc, 51, crashed into a chain-link fence near the Slidell Municipal Airport before driving the Altima over spike strips, which deflated the vehicle's front tires. LaBlanc was apprehended a short time later, police said.

Officers responded to a call of a shoplifter at around 7 p.m. at Dick’s Sporting Goods. The officers were told that the suspect had fled the store in a white Nissan Altima. Police saw the vehicle be

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