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Two Troopers Team Up to Investigate Shoplifting Spree Released- Monday, March 31, 2008 New Castle County- On Saturday, March 29, Troop 6 patrol officers arrested two subjects implicated in shoplifting complaints which occurred at three Rite Aid Stores in New Castle County as well as two other Maryland stores. At approximately 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, State Police dispatch received a call from the Rite Aid located at 4609 Kirkwood Highway. The 911 caller advised two subjects had just shoplifted from their store and the thieves had fled the scene in a blue Toyota Camry bearing a Maryland registration plate. Troopers started to converge on the scene when one of the officers, who was already handling an earlier shoplifting at a Rite Aid located at 3200 Kirkwood Highway, elected to check the parking lot of a third Rite that had not yet been struck by the sticky finger bandits. This officer pulled up to the Rite Aid, located at 1602 Capitol Trail, and observed the suspect vehicle. Two male subjects were seen getting into this car. A Rite Aid store employee was then seen running toward the suspects, point at them. The Trooper positioned himself behind the suspects and took them into custody without incident. The two bandits were identified as Mark Jackson, 27, of East Old Philadelphia Road in Elkton, Maryland; and Rodney Messick, 33, of Jay Drive in New Castle. Officers learned that the two would conceal items in their clothing and flee the store without paying for same. A check of the suspect vehicle revealed a jacket in which the inside of the coat had a slit cut into the liner allowing the suspects to conceal merchandise. Also located in the car, Troopers found over $4,300.00 in suspected stolen property. Through their investigation, the officers were able to implicate the two bandits in thefts at three Rite Aid Stores in Delaware as well as a Rite Aid and a Ross Clothing Store in Bel Air, Maryland. Jackson and Messick were both charged with the following offenses: Receiving Stolen Property (felony), Possession of Shoplifting Tools (felony), Conspiracy 2nd (felony), two counts of theft (misdemeanor) and two counts of Conspiracy 3rd (misdemeanor). These two individuals were both committed to the Howard Young Correctional Institute in lieu of $4,500.00 secured bail. Also, a routine computer check revealed Jackson had another active warrant for his arrest out of Troop 2 in reference to a shoplifting case. |
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