Police: Man caught under Lufkin church van stealing catalytic converter
Bradley Brown of Lufkin (Source: Lufkin Police Department)
By Stephanie Frazier | April 9, 2021 at 3:47 PM CDT - Updated April 10 at 2:18 AM
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - On Friday morning, Lufkin police arrested a man they say was stealing catalytic converters from church vans.
Bradley Brown, 37, of Lufkin, was taken into custody around 3:45 a.m. after officers were called to the parking lot of Abundant Life Methodist Church at 1715 Sayers St. for suspicious activity. The caller said he thought he saw a man cutting something off a church van.
According to Lufkin PD PIO Jessica Pebsworth, an officer arrived to see a man in an orange shirt under a van, but as he made the corner, he lost sight of the man.