Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Two Retail Thefts from Wal-Mart in Lower Nazareth
There seems to be a lull in retail thefts at Lower Nazareth Township stores.
 reported the following incidents:
- Retail Theft: A Forks Township woman was cited for retail theft after loss prevention staff at the in Lower Nazareth Township observed her concealing merchandise in a bag on April 1, according to police.
Police say Gayle Groff, 46, of Marigold Drive, allegedly passed all points of sale without paying for $131.81 worth of candy and toiletry items.
Groff was issued a non-traffic citation for retail theft and released.
 - Retail Theft: Malene Lawrence, 39, of Saylorsburg was charged with retail theft after she allegedly stole $36 worth of merchandise on March 19 from Wal-Mart.
Lawrence was arraigned before District Judge Joseph Barner.
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