Police: Woman Arrested for Stealing while Boyfriend Smoked Marijuana

A Shelby Township woman was arrested Sunday on suspicion of stealing merchandise from while her boyfriend waited in the parking lot.

The 20-year-old woman was charged with third-degree retail fraud and concealing and possessing drugs.

Police said she stole more than $250 worth of Blu-Ray DVDs and food from the store around 4 p.m.

Target Loss Prevention officers approached the woman as she exited he store and held her at the store until the Utica police arrived.

Target employees said the same woman is responsible for more than $1,000 in thefts at area Targets, and that a Mustang usually waits in the parking lot for her.

Police searched the parking lot, and found a Mustang that matched the description. Inside the vehicle, police said they found the woman’s 21-year-old boyfriend from Rochester Hills smoking spice, which is synthetic marijuana. The man also had roaches, a glass pipe and potpourri used to get high, police said.

Police said the woman had in her purse a razor blade, empty plastic baggies containing drug residue and speed pills.

The man was charged with possessing and concealing drugs.

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