When Ascension Parish sheriff's deputies stopped Jadavian Serf on La. 941 Thursday morning outside of Gonzales, he was still inside the construction work truck he reportedly stole from a store on Airline Highway.

First, the 29-year-old Baton Rouge man admitted that the vehicle, a 2023 Chevy Silverado, was not his. Then he let deputies in on why he was driving it.

"Donald Trump signed an executive order for me to have it for the next 24 hours," Serf told them, according to the warrant for his arrest.

When the truck's legal driver, an employee of a Baton Rouge construction contractor who asked not to be named, was told by The Advocate about Serf's excuse, he had this to say.

"How the f*** did that happen?" the employee asked. "Why'd (Trump) have the key with him?"

The employee had calle

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