Woman forgets about 2-year-old daughter left in vehicle
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – A mother was horrified to learn she had accidentally left her 2-year-old daughter alone in a locked SUV during…
Walmart
Shopper assaults woman who takes issue with her form of child discipline
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – A Walmart shopper was taken into custody Wednesday, Dec. 6, after her anger got the better of her and…
Walmart employee arrested for theft
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – The friendly Walmart door checkers in bright yellow smocks politely asking to see customers’ receipts signifies the start of…
Homeless man caught trafficking stolen diapers
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – Police say a homeless man stole more than $150 worth of diapers from Walmart and sold them to a…
Juvenile caught red-handed with hot TV
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – A Thatcher youth was set for a night of popcorn and movies until a chance encounter with a Thatcher…
Man wanted for organized retail theft
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – When is shoplifting not shoplifting but worse? When a person alters a merchandise’s UPC codes it seems. According to…
Shoplifters caught with drugs and paraphernalia
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – A group of three individuals drove a long way just to shoplift a couple markers and a soda and…
Jon “(expletive)” Langley back in jail after another Walmart incident
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – The man who likes to change his middle name to an expletive was sent back to jail Wednesday morning…
Youths sent to juvenile detention after shoplifting incident
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – Four youths were imprisoned in the Eastern Arizona Regional Juvenile Detention Facility (EARJDF) on Jan. 26 after being caught…
Family which shoplifts together stays (in jail) together
jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – Authorities broke up an apparent grandmother/granddaughter shoplifting ring Oct. 30 after being alerted by Walmart staff that previously trespassed women were in…
