Three charged in Walsall after police crack down on retail theft
Police have charged three people with multiple theft offences in Walsall in a crackdown on retail crime in the area.
Officers arrested two men and a woman.
Stuart Arnold has been charged with multiple shop theft offences alleged to have taken place over October and November.
The 38-year-old was remanded in custody to appear at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court yesterday (Tuesday)
Meanwhile Sean Feeney has been charged with multiple shop theft offences.
The 37-year-old appeared before Wolverhampton magistrates on Monday and will be appearing at court again next year.
Olivia Siwak has also been charged with multiple shop theft offences.
The 20-year-old was remanded in custody to appear at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court yesterday.
All three defendants are of no fixed abode.
PC Courtney Tongue, West Midlands Police's newly appointed business crime co-ordination officer for Walsall has been tackling repeat shop theft offenders, arresting and charging them and bringing them before the courts. The West Midlands force is also running Operation Marigold to tackle the issue.
