First of 3 charged in convenience store theft scheme sentenced

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One of three people charged in connection with repeated daily trips to a Bull Shoals convenience store appearing to purchase items never paid for has been sentenced in Marion County Circuit Court.

Through a negotiated plea, 47-year-old Paula Lorene Jennings of Midway had her felony count of theft of property reduced to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to one year of supervised probation. The sentence came June 27th in Marion County Circuit Court. The plea agreement and statement were filed Tuesday.

According to the arrest affidavit, while reviewing surveillance tapes for an unrelated matter, the store owner observed two customers repeatedly appearing about the same time day after day. He further noted the co-defendents, Jennings and 32-year-old Jesse Del Clark of Midway, took a number of assorted items, placed them on the counter where an employee, 42-year-old Gregory Page of Bull Shoals, would bag them. When the bag was given to the co-defendants, they would remove the items without paying for them. The items included cigarettes, beer, wine, lottery tickets and other miscellaneous products.

Jennings allegedly told law enforcement she went to the store on several occasions with Clark. While she allegedly admitted they did not pay for the items, she said she believed the items were being charged on an account Clark had established. Through interviews with Page and Clark, it was learned Jennings was aware an account did not exist.

Clark and Page still have open cases in Marion County Circuit Court.

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