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Local BR bar owner Chad Hughs arrested - this time for worthless checks.

Posted on 12/2/25 at 5:20 pm
Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
9213 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 5:20 pm
He still owns part of Ivars, but at one point owned Happys, Beaudreaux & Thibodeaux, Bengal Tap room, City Bar BR, Bumsteers, and others.

He never pays his bills and his businesses have been evicted from multiple locations.

This time he was trying to rip someone off on Facebook marketplace.

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Chad Hughes, a Baton Rouge developer and restaurateur, was arrested Monday on counts of theft and issuing bad checks for his alleged role in the fraudulent purchase of a trailer.

Baton Rouge police were first contacted on Aug. 4, by a man who said he had listed his trailer for sale on Facebook Marketplace and was contacted by Hughes regarding the purchase.

The two allegedly agreed on a price of $20,000 for the trailer and surrounding dumpsters…

the seller later told police that the check from Hughes bounced due to insufficient funds, according to arrest documents.

The seller contacted Hughes, who acknowledged the issue with the check and allegedly stated that he would issue a new check in a few days, police said.


Since that conversation, the seller has made multiple attempts to contact Hughes through phone calls and text, but Hughes reportedly cut off communication, according to police.


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Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
39848 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 5:22 pm to
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Bumsteers



Aptly named.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133241 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 5:29 pm to
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fraudulent purchase of a trailer.


Did he buy it from Bubba?
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53052 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 5:30 pm to
Didn't he own Vars Pizza too which recently went under?
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133241 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 5:32 pm to
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Didn't he own Vars Pizza too which recently went under?


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Part owner of Ivars


Not that it would be true, but they missed a golden opportunity there.

They could have had a pirate with a patch as their mascot with the slogan.


"Pizza so good it's worth losing an I over."
This post was edited on 12/2/25 at 5:33 pm
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46419 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 5:40 pm to
straight up scumbag grifter. He owes money all over town
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
7012 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 5:41 pm to
Good. Glad he got arrested.
Posted by Camp Randall
The Shadow of the Valley of Death
Member since Nov 2005
17186 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 5:44 pm to
Unbelievable that this guy just keeps on truckin’
Posted by SmackDaniels
Gulf Breeze, FL
Member since Mar 2007
15372 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 5:44 pm to
Who owns Ivars? Is it the original guy who opened it? How old is Ivar's?
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
7012 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 5:50 pm to
Ivars been around since what? 80s?
Posted by lsuconnman
Baton rouge
Member since Feb 2007
4446 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 5:59 pm to
We seem to have a yearly thread about him screwing someone. The only reason I remember the name is because I remember thinking after the last post that anyone who engages with this guy deserves to involuntarily donate to his cause.
Posted by MyRockstarComplex
The airport
Member since Nov 2009
4881 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 6:00 pm to
Didn’t Eric also own part of all of these? How odd.
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
18646 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 6:02 pm to
Looks like it was over a trailer. Don’t we know some people who can get that back?
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
46154 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 6:07 pm to
What a Chad.
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
7012 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 6:16 pm to
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Looks like it was over a trailer. Don’t we know some people who can get that back?


Posted by Jameson2954
Member since Mar 2022
806 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 6:54 pm to
Guy with a patch said that to me when I served him at Var’s one day. 100% true. Everyone laughed.
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
54823 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 7:06 pm to
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fraudulent purchase of a trailer.



Did he buy it from Bubba?


Did the OT sleuths ever find that stolen trailer?
Posted by hansenthered1
Dixie
Member since Nov 2023
2277 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 7:16 pm to
Money orders or cash.....
Posted by Kreg Jennings
Parts Unknown
Member since Aug 2007
3909 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 7:56 pm to
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Didn't he own Vars Pizza too which recently went under?


Can’t believe they were 0 for 2 at that location.

But the bbq was salty and not good. And the service was bad.

The pizza was expensive, but was okay. and the service was bad.

Too good of a location to not do well.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133241 posts
Posted on 12/2/25 at 8:15 pm to
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