Crime & Safety
Tarentum Woman Charged with Stealing Food from Shop 'n Save
Northern Regional Police Department supplied this information. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A preliminary hearing is set for a Tarentum woman charged with stealing food from in Richland Mall, according to a police report.
Kathy A. Wagoner, 43, will appear Feb. 8 before Magisterial District Judge Suzanne R. Blaschak on a felony count of retail theft.
The store's loss prevention officer stopped Wagoner about noon Jan. 12 after he observed her place pork, bacon, chipped ham, BP Franks and ravioli, worth $43.88, in a large brown handbag.
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The loss prevention officer told police he detained Wagoner after she went through the cash register line and purchased other items.
A check of her Wagoner's criminal history showed five prior retail theft guilty pleas, according to police states.
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