Baggy Pants Trip Up Young Robbery Suspect

Police in Covington, Louisiana say they caught a 16-year-old robbery suspect who had eluded authorities on several previous occasions when his baggy pants fell down, causing him to fall down as officers chased him.

"We literally caught him with his pants down", Lt. Jack West of Covington police said.

Suspected of robbing a man at gunpoint and stealing another man's car after beating him with a brick, the teenager had gotten away from police several times in recent weeks.

But an alert officer spotted the teen standing on a street corner, called in for two backup officers, then tried to make an arrest.

"They all converged on him from different directions," West said. "He started to run, but his low-riding pants fell down and he stumbled to his knees", West said.

The teen was booked on warrants for armed robbery, carjacking, aggravated battery and being a child in need of supervision.

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