Daily Progress, Jacksonville, TX

August 31, 2010

Woman arrested for shoplifting

Nathan Straus
Jacksonville Daily Progress

JACKSONVILLE — Mary Carpenter, a 35-year-old Jacksonville woman, was arrested Saturday on a shoplifting charge, said Jacksonville Police Department Detective Sgt. Daniel Franklin.

He said she was arrested and charged with public intoxication and shoplifting.

“Management at Brookshire Brothers observed a white female sticking stuff in her purse,” Franklin said.

He also said once confronted, authorities allegedly found about $10 worth of nail polish remover and hair clips.

The alleged incident took place at about noon.