Blotter: Woman charged in coupon thefts
06:59 AM CDT on Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Extreme couponing cost a Denton woman a criminal charge Monday afternoon.
Police conducted an investigation after a man hired to watch local newspaper stands saw a woman in a black Cadillac SUV stop at two different vending racks, insert money for one Sunday newspaper and remove the plastic coupon packages from every newspaper in the rack, according to police reports.
The man called police about 8:30 a.m. June 5, saying he had been hired by the vendor to watch the racks and try to discover who was stealing the packages. The papers cannot be sold if the coupons are missing, he told officers.
He saw the woman stop and take coupon packages from a vending box in the 1700 block of Malone Street. Then he followed and stopped behind her at another rack on Sunset Street a few minutes later, and she again opened the newspaper vendor box.
He approached her and told her that police had been called. He told her to wait there with him for officers to arrive. But the woman would not wait, according to the report. She climbed into hervehicle and drove away.
The man was able to describe the woman and the SUV to police, who launched an investigation. Officer Ryan Grelle said detectives arrested Sybil Hobson, 37, of Denton, about 4:30 p.m. Monday on a charge of fraudulent destruction or removal or concealment of writing, which is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a $4,000 fine and up to one year in jail.
Grelle said the woman at first was arrested on a Class C theft charge, but after conferring with the Denton County District Attorney’s Office, detectives determined that the more serious charge was appropriate.
Source: http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Blotter_0629.4093b4eec.html
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