BANGOR, Maine — A woman described as a local transient was arrested last weekend after she allegedly shoplifted while at the Hannaford Supermarket at the Airport Mall on Union Street.
Josephine Coleman Sawyer, 26, is accused of stealing vodka and soda valued at $14.50, Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards said Wednesday, citing an arrest report by Officer Joseph Ballargeon.
Ballargeon and other Bangor police officers were called to the supermarket Sunday afternoon after loss prevention personnel reported that a female shoplifter had fled the store, Edwards said.
Police officers found a woman matching the suspect’s description near the mall but she did not have the black backpack that witnesses said the suspect was carrying, so the officers let her go.
“She talked her way out of it,” Edwards said.
After the officers found the backpack in a nearby ditch — with the initial suspect’s photo ID inside that showed a different name than the one she gave police — they went looking for her again and found her on Indiana Avenue, he said.
Coleman was arrested on charges of theft and failure to give her correct name to police after a discussion with store employees and a review of surveillance footage from the supermarket reportedly confirmed she was the suspect. She then was taken to Penobscot County Jail.
Stealing vodka ?? !!
What , Coffee Brandy not good enough ?
Prolly not from heah.
The choices of mixers are limited with Allen’s. Maybe she’s lactose intolerant?
Good point , i overlooked that one.
Yes, health concerns are a priority when it comes to stealing alcohol.
Clear liquids are a good choice.
Yup, but the clears are more apt to sting a sore lip.
When doing milk as a mixer, believe me, it is a fast actor to some of us, but maybe she already found that out? Maybe in that same ditch. (Can I say that under Guest’s new rules?) :)
Indiana Ave. Right near the Hope House.
Where they HOPE to get some cheap vodka.
didn’t even mention what brand of vodka it was…
you can send them an angry email!!!
It was Stolen Vodka.
Nicely played, took a second to get it but I laughed after that.
It couldn’t have been anything good because the vodka and soda combined where only valued at $14.50
Probably Cantafford value brand soda and a 5th of Orloff, 100 proof baaaaby.
Put one over on the Bangor P.D……Really?? Say it isnt so…LOL
A seven paragraph article for shoplifting a bottle of booze. Maybe you guys at the BDN can get jobs working for the feds or the state, or the Eastern Maine Development Corp.
hey that is where a class in speed reading comes in handy…lol
It definitely could use some editing, but the ditched backpack, wrong name and two searches for her were included (or maybe they’re paid by the word?).
Judging from the lip, she should have been stealing Carmex, or some other cold sore remedy…”Here’s a quarter go downtown and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face” – Uncle Buck
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So now you admit it!
The loudmouth Ginger we all suspected you to be.
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Damn!! Bummer!!! Probably looking forward to that first drink!