Houlton woman charged with shoplifting

By Elna Seabrooks
Staff Writer
    HOULTON — A 36-year-old woman, out on bail, was charged with shoplifting and violation of conditions of release last Thursday, Dec. 10 in Houlton when store personnel witnessed the woman allegedly leaving the store without paying for over-the-counter medicine and liquor.
    The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. in the Houlton Shop ‘n Save when the woman attempted to leave the store, according to police, without paying for two bottles of flavored brandy, a package of Advil and two packages of Benadryl in a shopping cart. After being seen, the woman abandoned the cart in the parking lot and fled the scene.
Houlton Pioneer Times Photo/Elna Seabrooks
CONFISCATED — Two bottles of flavored brandy and packages of over-the-counter medicine were returned to the manager’s office at Shop ‘n Save in Houlton after an alleged shoplifting incident by a woman out on bail. Police arrived after the woman was spotted and abandoned the shopping cart.
    Officer Stephen Nason of the Houlton Police Department said he arrested the woman on two outstanding warrants out of Wiscasset when he found her hiding in a camper in Houlton. Nason declined naming the female saying she gave no reason for her actions and did not resist arrest.
    She was transported to Wiscasset the following day and is scheduled to appear in court in Houlton on Feb. 2, 2010.