Small Town Misfit

Morgan County, GA
On April 14 Anna Beth Elizabeth Vice, 17, Madison and Elizabeth Liddell Newton, 17, Madison were arrested and charged with shoplifting after they allegedly removed makeup from a Lions Club Road department store and did not pay for the items. Reports state that Newton allegedly took $36.25 worth of items and Vice allegedly took $9.68 worth of items.

Found in the Morgan County Citizen

Garfield Heights, OH
Four women were caught shoplifting at Kmart May 14.

While the officer was securing them, one drove off in a car with two small children in the backseat in child safety seats. The police didn’t pursue her because of the two small children and the fact that the she had arrived with one of the detained women.

The problem is one of the children belonged to the other woman and the two had only met the day before. She didn’t even know where the other woman lived.

The police put out an “Amber Alert” after searching for her at several addresses. At each location, they informed the owners that if the child turns up to call the police immediately. That night the woman dropped off the child at a house on East 114th Street. The owner said he didn’t see who dropped off the little girl but spoke with a man in contact with the woman. The officers took the child back to the station and she will be taken to the Department of Child and Family Services.

The next day the woman called the police and said she didn’t steal anything and that the other woman had put her child into her car. She said she left because the police said they would contact 696-KIDS because she was shoplifting with her child.

The officer explained she had two warrants out for her arrest and other charges may be filed after the prosecutor reviews her case. At that point, the woman’s sister got on the phone and said the woman would turn herself in the next day.

The woman did turn herself in and was charged with theft, obstructing justice, falsification and kidnapping.

Found in the Garfield-Maple Sun

Walnut Hills, OH
Some men will go to great lengths for a close shave. Witness Rodney Tye. Police say Tye, 42, of North Fairmount, walked out of a Walnut Hills Kroger with enough razors to clear-cut the gorillas at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Tye is accused of swiping nearly $400 in Gillette razors Monday night.

The store’s alarms went off as Tye walked out the door, according to the arrest report, and an officer saw a large bulge under his shirt.

Within that bulge were Gillette Mach 3 Turbo razors, Gillette Fusion blades and a whole variety of shaving implements totaling $394.87, police said.

Tye was charged with theft and criminal trespass.

Officials said Tye has been arrested there before.

Found in the Cincinnati Enquirer

Thanks Luann!

Goleta Valley, CA
Shortly after fleeing a grocery store on foot, the thief — who’d nearly been caught stealing merchandise by store security personnel — was apprehended by deputies at a nearby bus stop on the South Turnpike Road. Tucked into his clothing, authorities uncovered over $200 worth of over-the-counter antacids. Among the stolen goods were three boxes of Zantac, three boxes of Pepcid and three boxes of Prilosec.
The 25-year-old male, booked into jail for commercial burglary and conspiracy to commit the crime, refused to speak to deputies during his arrest.

Found in the Goleta Valley Voice

Clovis, NM
About 4 p.m. Nov. 25 an officer responded to a department store in the 3000 block of Prince for a shoplifting report.
Store employees said they found a used pregnancy test in the bathroom after a 17-year-old girl was observed going into the bathroom with it.
The girl said she used the test because she was scared her mother would be upset. She said she had the money to pay for it but was scared.
The girl was given a citation for shoplifting and turned over to her mother’s custody.

Found in the Clovis News Journal

Erie County, PA
A taxi driver called police after a man refused to pay him cab fare. The suspect had asked for a ride to Wegmans, then said he would pay the driver later, when they got to Buffalo. A patrol arrived at Wegmans. When the suspect exited the cab, the officer noticed something in the man’s left pant leg. There were 29 Funsaver cameras, which he had apparently shoplifted from Wegmans. The suspect was placed under arrest.

Found in Bee News

Columbia, SC
A man entered a North Main Street store Sept. 28 and packed a shopping cart with 20 cases of Budweiser and exited the store without paying.

Found in the Free Times

Erie County, NY
A white male with gray hair filled two plastic bags with various merchandise at Rite-Aid on Seneca Street and fled without paying. The stolen merchandise included skin care products, an electric razor, two at-home cocaine drug tests, two bottles of Advil and 11 packages of razor blades.

Found in the Bee News Blotter

Brook Park, OH
A frequent customer stole a latex vagina from Rocky Entertainment Emporium on Brookpark Road.

The clerk recognized the customer and went into the back of the store, not suspecting he would take anything. The alarm sounded and the man was gone. Surveillance footage confirmed he had stolen the merchandise.

Found in the News Sun

Atlanta, GA
At a discount store on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, a clerk said a blond man wearing a dress walked into the store and stole a radio and some batteries. The man is described as middle-aged and weighs about 200 pounds. No further information.

Found in Creative Loafing

Atlanta, GA
An officer responded to a call about a store clerk lying on top of a suspected shoplifter outside a store on Metropolitan Parkway. When the officer arrived, he saw the clerk and an unidentified man struggling on the ground with the suspect. Both the clerk and the suspect were bleeding and exhausted, the officer noted. “I also observed an open carton of Snickers candy bars next to where the struggle had taken place.”

The officer handcuffed the suspect. The unidentified man, who had blood on his clothes, said, “It’s unbelievable how strong that guy is.” He said he’d helped the clerk stop the suspect, but he was in a hurry and didn’t want to be listed in the report. The suspect was arrested for allegedly trying to steal the 24-pack of Snickers candy bars (worth $50). He has “13 1/2″ tattooed on his arm.

The clerk said during the struggle, the suspect bit down on his arm and wouldn’t let go until police arrived. Grady medics said the clerk should go to a hospital. The clerk declined, saying he couldn’t leave work.

Found in Creative Loafing

Flatbush, NY
Police allege that George Tsotadze, a resident of the 1340 block of East 69th Street, was arrested on petit larceny charges after he was allegedly caught secreting several sticks of salami into his pants as he shopped at a grocery on the 2250 block of East 16th Street.

The spicy shoplifting attempt was spotted by a security guard, who stopped him as he allegedly tried to leave the store with his meat treats.

The sausage - $75 worth - was recovered.

Found in Flatbush Life