Legal Question in Criminal Law in Louisiana

My son showed up to the music store where he work one day, only to find the door had chain and pad lock on it. He had a key for the store and the alarm code because he opened and closed the business each. He tried to contact the owner of the Music store to find out what was going on. He never got a response back. He assumed that the owner did not pay his rent and the landlord put the lock on. He needed to get his personal property that was locked in the store out. He contacted the local sheriff's office and they advised it was a civil matter and to find out who owned the building. After contacting the assessor's office to find out who owned the building, my son contacted the landlord and asked if they put the lock on and could he get his property out of the store. They said they didn't put the lock on but didn't want their building chained up. The sheriff's office was called again because the landlord was sending someone to cut the lock so my son could get his property out. When the sheriff deputies showed up they were asked if they could stay on the seen and and be a witness as to what property was being removed and provide them with a list of serial number and inventory what was being removed. They said they could not because it was a civil matter and they left the seen. . A representative of the landlord cut the lock and my son got his property out. In the meantime a customer that had his gear in the shop wanted to get his stuff out also. My left before the landlord rep. and left his key for the shop with him and told him to give back to the landlord. Now the owner of the store is claiming a bunch of stuff was stolen. My son isn't worried about the thief charges because that didn't happen, but he my also be charged with illegal entry. My question is, if the sheriff deputies knew the lock was going to be cut, should they have told my son or the landlord rep. that they were breaking the law if they did. I sure if they thought they were about to break a law they would not have cut the lock.

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