At Kroger, cookout plans interrupted
A thief at the Kroger in Little Rock's Hillcrest neighborhood loaded a cart full of food and drinks -- including beer, shrimp, sodas and chicken -- and then pushed past an employee, authorities said.
It happened shortly before 11:45 a.m. Wednesday at the supermarket at 614 Beechwood St., according to a Little Rock Police Department report.
A worker told investigators he was outside on a break when a person came out with a cartload of items. The employee said he heard someone say the food hadn't been paid for, and the thief then grazed the worker's side with the cart, pushing him aside, according to the report.
The cart was said to be loaded with more than $200 worth of items including three 30-pack cases of Bud Light, two bags of shrimp, a 3-pound bag of chicken thighs, 5 pounds of wings, two packs of hot dogs and four bricks of cheese.
Employees were able to get the cart away from the shoplifter outside, police said, noting all the food was recovered except for the cheese.
The thief left in a Mercury Marquis driven by another person. A third person who also got in the Mercury was seen leaving the store and appeared to have "something bulky stuck down in the sides of his pants," the report said.
The report did not provide descriptions of the three people who left in the Mercury.
Convenience store plundered in LR
About $1,000 worth of food was reported stolen from a Little Rock convenience store Wednesday morning after the padlock was broken and the glass door was smashed, officials said.
Police were sent at 9:12 a.m. to the Springer Stop & Go at 4616 Springer Blvd. about a possible burglary, according to a report.
An employee told officers that when he arrived, he saw someone had cut the padlock on the metal doors and broken the glass out of the interior door. The store had been ransacked, and $1,000 worth of food as well as jewelry, cigarettes and an undisclosed amount of money were reported missing.
The alarm system had been malfunctioning for the past week or so and wasn't turned on, though cameras were in use, the employee told police.
Metro on 06/09/2017