Man appears in court after being charged with nearly 50 shop thefts in Sandwell
Local man charged with shop thefts.
A man has appeared in court after being charged with almost 50 shop thefts.
Police have confirmed that a 33-year-old man has been charged in connection to almost 50 shop thefts in Sandwell.
The man has been identified as Matthew Marsh, aged 33 of no fixed address.
Marsh was remanded in custody and appeared at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court today (August 4).
West Midlands Police have confirmed that Marsh has been charged with 47 counts of shop theft and one count of assaulting an emergency worker.
The force said that more than £2,700 of items had been stolen from stores in Oldbury and Rowley Regis between February and August.
In addition to this, a police officer was hit in the face after officers responded to a shop theft incident in June.