Two are suspected in $10,300 jewelry theft from Kohl’s: Bainbridge Township Ohio

BAINBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, Ohio

Jewelry heist: Market Place Drive

Police are investigating a theft that occurred shortly after noon Sept. 22 at Kohl’s department store.

Customers saw a man and a woman behaving oddly. The man placed a black bag in a shopping cart and wheeled it about the store. The woman also had a black bag.

She took items from two display cases, put them in a bag and left the store.

Missing are gold necklaces and rings, along with designer jewelry. The total value of the stolen merchandise is $10,300. Police are investigating.

Theft: Market Place Drive

Police were dispatched at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22 to Walmart, where a loss prevention employee saw two women bagging numerous items without scanning them to pay.

When questioned at the exit door, they took off running but were stopped by police in the parking lot.

Some of the 79 stolen items were dropped and others were found in the suspects’ purses.

One suspect, a Maple Heights woman, 32, attempted to evade arrest. She was charged with felony theft and obstructing official business.

The other, a Cleveland woman, 43, was charged with felony theft.

The value of the items was $1,058.47.

When asked why they had stolen the merchandise, one of them told the officer that they take items from stores and sell them to people they know.

Crash: U.S. 422

A Mantua woman, 18, said she fell asleep while driving, causing her to crash at 12:12 a.m. Sept. 26.

An officer found the vehicle in the median strip on its roof. The woman was not trapped. EMS transported her to Hillcrest Hospital for minor injuries.

The officer cited her for failure to control her vehicle.

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