A LATE NIGHT ALLEGED SHOPLIFTING SPREE ENDED UP WITH CHARGES FOR A JUVENILE AND A SYMSONIA MAN SATURDAY. PRINCETON POLICE SAY OFFICERS ARRESTED 18-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN COPELAND OF SYMSONIA, KY AND DETAINED A 16 YEAR OLD JUVENILE ON THEFT CHARGES AFTER RESPONDING TO A SHOPLIFTING COMPLAINT AT WALMART. WALMART LOSS PREVENTION AGENTS SAY COPELAND AND THE JUVENILE WERE OBSERVED CONCEALING SEVERAL ITEMS IN A BAG AND THEN ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM. THE ITEMS TAKEN INCLUDED NAIL COLORING PENS, A BLACK LIGHT BULB, AND PERSONAL ITEMS WHICH HAD A COMBINED VALUE OF $37.66. COPELAND WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING UNDER $500.00 AND 3RD DEGREE UNLAWFUL TRANSACTION WITH A MINOR AND LODGED IN THE COUNTY JAIL. THE JUVENILE WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING UNDER $500.00 AND RELEASED TO RELATIVES.
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