Two theft suspects apprehended in Bradley County

Thursday, January 19, 2012

photo Matthew Howell, 20, is charged with two counts of theft.

Two suspects in thefts from CVS and Harry's Food Mart in Bradley County have been apprehended, authorities said.

Matthew Howell, 20, was charged with two counts of theft under $500 and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, Bradley County Sheriff's Office spokesman Bob Gault said. A 17-year-old female was taken to the Juvenile Detention Center where petitions were filed that charge her with two counts of theft under $500.

Wednesday night, a Bradley County sheriff's deputy saw a man run from a convenience store into a car with a black bag and then drive away on APD 40, Gault said.

After a stopping the car - whose driver was the 17-year-old and whose passenger was Howell - the deputy found cartons of Camel and Marlboro cigarettes that a clerk for Harry's Food Mart confirmed were stolen. The deputy also recovered a TV and DVD player stolen from a CVS on APD 40, and he later learned that a second DVD was taken but had been sold to an unknown individual, Gault said.