In the Duson area there was a door to door shrimp salesmen "trying to sell shrimp." The guy walked into my neighbors back yard with one shrimp in his hand, looking suspicious. No one was home though. He left his house, came to mine next. Wife was able to grab his license plate number as he was leaving. Called neighbor (who happens to be a cop), ran the plates, there was a warrant out for his arrest (burglary), cops pulled him over 15 minutes down the road and arrested him. He had stolen items in the vehicle. Turns out he only had about 15 lbs of shrimp in an ice chest.
Seems like he bought some shrimp at the store, went riding around in the middle of the day scoping out people's houses, and if he happened to run into someone he could wave the shrimp and say "oh, I'm selling shrimp, would you like any?"
The guy was from baton rouge.
Not stereotyping all shrimp salesmen. Just sharing my experience.
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