A Gassville man has been arrested after allegedly skip-scanning items at a local retail store.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Mountain Home Police Officers were contacted by store officials stating they had evidence of a man skip-scanning items on multiple occasions. They stated on May 4, 56-year-old David Solberg was stopped when he was observed skip-scanning items. Store officials allowed Solberg to correct the items he skipped, but he continued to skip the items again. Solberg was stopped after passing all points of sale where officials collected his information and was trespassed from the store.
During the investigation, it was discovered Solberg skip-scanned items in five other incidents dating back to March. The amount of stolen items during the six events totaled $199.85.
Solberg was booked into the Baxter County Detention Center and is facing one felony count of theft of property. He was released on a $2,500 bond.
According to the incident report, Solberg has a previous theft conviction in 2021.
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