By Bonnie Culverhouse
Returning to the scene of past alleged crimes has resulted in the arrest of a Princeton woman in Minden.
Masalyn Harper, 56, of the 1600 block of Winfield Rd., is charged with felony theft, possession of drug paraphernalia, entry after forbidden, fugitive from Probation & Parole and fugitive from Minden Police.
Police Chief Elect Jared McIver said Lt. Joel Kendrick, Ofc. Reece Tewell and Off. Heather Feeback discovered Harper on the premises of a Sibley Road business.
“She was stealing donated clothing and had been verbally banned from the property by the owner on a previous date,” McIver said. “During a search, officers discovered a glass tube commonly used for smoking crack cocaine on Ms. Harper’s person.”
According to records, Harper was convicted for simple burglary in 1990 and 2000. She has 2 arrests for thefts in 1999, 2 burglaries in 2000, burglary in 2004, robbery in 2012, theft in 2018 and burglary in 2019.
She has 2 outstanding warrants through MPD and is wanted by Probation & Parole.
This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
