According to Bristol Township police officers, a Levittown woman attempted to steal two six-packs of beer, instead she incurred her first criminal offense.
Kimberly Stringer, 23, was charged with one felony count of robbery, one misdemeanor count of concealing or destroying evidence, one misdemeanor count of receiving stolen property and one summary charge for retail theft in the May 16 incident. She was arraigned and released on $10,000 unsecured bail.
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According to township officers, on Monday shortly before 10:30 p.m., police were dispatched to the ShopRite supermarket at 547 South Oxford Valley Road for the report of a retail theft. Two store employees advised police that they had attempted to stop a female customer, later identified as Stringer, from leaving the grocery store with two six-packs of beer valued at nearly $21.
As noted in a probable cause affidavit, Stringer passed the store’s man exit door but was stopped by employees in the vestibule area. It was then that Stringer began to shove the employee in an attempt to get passed here. When the employee attempted the grab the six-packs from Stringer, she reportedly would not let go.
When a third employee intervened and separated the two women, Stringer dropped the beer and fled on foot.
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Police later apprehended her at the KinderCare on South Olds Boulevard and positively identified her before taking her into custody.
Stringer awaits a May 26 preliminary hearing with District Judge Robert Wagner Jr.
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Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
