A local woman was arrested for stealing thousands of dollars from a former employer and other unknowing victims, said Sheriff Steve Prator.

Micquela Bell, also known as Micquela Reddix, 35, of the 200 block of North Emerald Loop in Shreveport, was arrested Tuesday following an investigation by Sheriff’s Det. Mike King.

She is accused of making $84,000 in unauthorized charges to her former employer’s bank account between March and November 2020. She is also accused of opening credit accounts using the identities of two separate victims, ages 61 and 94. One of the victims was a home health patient for whom Bell was a sitter. Total charges to the two accounts was $9,300.  

Detectives with the Caddo-Shreveport Financial Crimes Task Force, Caddo Sheriff's patrol deputies, and CPSO warrants deputies located Bell at her residence and took her into custody. She was booked into Caddo Correctional Center for felony theft, misdemeanor identity theft, and two counts of felony identity theft.