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A Mechanicsburg man was arrested on a theft charge after pushing a cart with more than $755 in merchandise out of Walmart, 2281 S. Main St., on Monday afternoon.
Officers of the Bellefontaine Police Department were called to the store about 3:10 p.m. and met with a loss prevention officer who said a man had pushed a cart of merchandise out of the store through the lawn and garden area and then returned inside where he used a counterfeit $20 bill to pay for merchandise.
The store security employee was able to get a license number and authorities in Champaign County were advised to be on the lookout for the vehicle. It was stopped in Urbana by deputies of the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office and the driver was transported back to Bellefontaine and identified as Jacob A. Bradley, 25, of Mechanicsburg.
He was questioned and said he never left the store with the merchandise. The loss prevention officer confirmed the merchandise was located just outside the lawn and garden area.
Mr. Bradley was charged with theft and taken to the Logan County Jail.
Disorderly conduct charge filed
Lynette S. Kirklin, 44, of Murray, Utah, was charged with persistent disorderly conduct after officers and firefighters of the Bellefontaine Fire Department responded to Lamplight Court Apartments, 1600 S. Detroit St., at about 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Ms. Kirklin, who is reportedly staying with a friend at Apt. 26, was heavily intoxicated and had injured her hand at some point. She was taken to Mary Rutan Hospital where she continued to make a disturbance and attempted to leave.
She was charged and taken to jail after being medically released.
• Kyle A. Birt, 25, of 1000 Rush Ave., was charged with having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle and driving under suspension after an 11 p.m. Thursday traffic stop at Main Street and Sandusky Avenue.
He was stopped after officers recorded his car traveling 35 mph in the 300 block of south Main. During the stop, officers saw an open can of beer and administered field sobriety tests, but released him to walk home after determining he was not going to be charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Thefts reported
A man who broke into a garage was thwarted after an alert neighbor spotted him in the act.
Brandon Meeker, 420 E. Auburn Ave., told officers he was outside at about 11:45 p.m. Saturday when he heard a car behind his residence. He went to the back where he saw a security light on outside a garage on Ed Green’s 421 E. Patterson Ave. home.
Mr. Meeker said he saw a man leaving the garage, but he fled westbound on foot when he realized he had been spotted. Mr. Green did not report any items missing from the garage.
• Employees of Kroger, 2129 S. Main St., reported at 3 p.m. Sunday a female suspect left the store without paying for a 24-pack of beer and a six-pack of bottled beer.
• Benjamin J. Bianchini, 407 Woodland Drive, reported Monday morning a government-owned cell phone was taken from his unlocked vehicle Friday while parked at his residence.
• Crystal D. Topping, 112 E. Williams Ave., reported Sunday someone entered her unlocked vehicle on Friday and took her purse. She said the bag did not contain money or anything of particular value.
• Kimberly Carnes, 113 S. St. Paris St., reported Saturday a known male suspect went to her home June 20 and removed a large tool chest full of tools without permission.
• Christopher Grinch reported Saturday someone recently entered a 1958 Edsel Pacer on his 116 W. Williams Ave. property and rummaged through the glove box but, only took decorative door lock caps resembling black dice.
• Jamie Nance, 521 W. Columbus Ave., reported Sunday evening that someone has tampered with a BMW vehicle located on his property.
• Joshua Shields of Bellefontaine reported Friday evening someone used his Adecco debit card to withdraw $251 from an ATM machine without his permission.
• Jean Lewis of Springfield reported Friday morning 200 copies of the Springfield News-Sun and Dayton Daily News, valued at $300, that were left at a drop location near Kroger, 2129 S. Main St., were taken sometime between 2:15 and 6 a.m. that day.
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