ACADIA PARISH — Police in Duson have obtained arrest warrants for a Texas man accused of stealing critical engine components from two semi‑trucks last week, rendering the vehicles inoperable and causing thousands of dollars in damage.

Duson Police Chief Kip Judice said 25‑year‑old Jalen Purnell Green of Missouri City, Texas, is wanted on two counts of burglary of a vehicle after investigators linked him to the theft of Engine Control Modules (ECMs) from Freightliner tractor trucks parked in the 3000 block of Daulat Road on Nov. 21.

ECMs, which cost between $3,000 and $5,000 to replace, are essential for a truck’s operation.

Investigators, working with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Real Time Crime Center, tracked the suspect’s rented 2025 black Hyundai Palisade with Texas plates through

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