Gentleman charged with illegally using browsing cart among retail theft cases

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Banned for everyday living from entering Walmart, a Wilkes-Barre man pushing a procuring cart exchanged a stolen smaller air conditioner for a larger unit failing to pay for the merchandise prior to leaving the residence with the cart.

Daniel Allen Smith, 35, of Thompson Road, was caught trespassing within the retailer on Highland Park Boulevard on Tuesday, according to court documents.

Township law enforcement in court data say Smith was presented recognize of a life ban from coming into Walmart due to previous thefts.

Smith allegedly was recorded by the store’s surveillance cameras failing to shell out for things on Sunday and Monday. Court docket data also say Smith stole products from the retail store in November 2019, and Lowe’s Residence Improvement in Arena Hub Plaza in January 2022.

According to the criminal complaints:

Smith entered Walmart on Sunday and picked up a Hamilton Seashore electric can opener valued at $39.88, walked to a self-checkout sign up where he unsuccessful to spend for the item. Smith placed the can opener in a shopping bag just before reentering the sales floor pushing a purchasing cart deciding on a Midea air conditioner valued at $408.

Smith then walked out of the store failing to shell out for the two goods leaving the house with the browsing cart, the grievances claims.

Law enforcement in the problems say Smith returned to Walmart on Monday getting into the retailer by means of the back garden section pushing a searching cart containing smaller air conditioner from yet another retail outlet.

Smith allegedly put the small air conditioner on the ground and picked up a larger sized Midea air conditioner valued at $329, leaving guiding the more compact air conditioner.

Law enforcement stated Smith still left the retail store with no paying for the Midea device leaving the assets with the shopping cart, the complaints say.

When Smith was arrested Tuesday, police allege he entered Walmart, chosen a beverage from a cooler and proceeded to the electronics office in which he picked up a gaming personal computer.

Smith was recorded answering his mobile cell phone though in the boys garments office exactly where he leaves powering the gaming laptop and commenced to walk out when he was arrested, the issues say.

Police allege Smith was in possession of drug paraphernalia together with an ink pen insert, a glass pipe with burnt residue, a straw and 6 packets of suspected heroin.

Courtroom documents say Smith stole a Ability drill valued at $119.98 from Lowe’s Residence Improvement he placed in a shopping bag failing to pay back for the product on Jan. 6, and fraudulently returning an merchandise at Walmart on Nov. 10, 2019.

Smith was arraigned Wednesday by District Choose Thomas Malloy in Luzerne County Central Courtroom on 3 felony problems, charging him with numerous counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a managed material, retail thefts, defiant trespass and illegal use of a shopping or laundry cart. He was jailed at the county correctional facility for deficiency of $35,000 overall bail.