On June 22, 2010 at
4:27 PM officers were sent to the Linden Pathmark, 651 N. Stiles St., on
a report of a shoplifter fleeing the store. Loss Prevention told
officers that the suspect attempted to push a shopping cart filled with
Red Bull energy drinks, valued at $340.00, out of the store without
paying. When confronted, he fled the store. A suspect fitting the
description was stopped on Ercama St. by Officers William Knapp and
Michael Burnette. He was then identified by a store employee and placed
under arrest. Arthur Jones, male, age 42, of Roselle, was charged with
shoplifting and held on $2,500.00 bail pending a June 30th
court date at Union County Central Intake. Mr. Jones also was charged
with two additional shoplifting warrants out of Linden with bail set at
$28,000.00, and contempt warrants out of Rahway, Roselle, and Elizabeth.
He was sent to the Union County Jail.