Ruston Police arrested a Downsville man Monday after he allegedly shoplifted at the Walmart Neighborhood Market.
Officers responded to the store on West California Avenue about 2 p.m. Monday. Store management said a man took three bags of merchandise from the store without paying for it and said the suspect was in the pharmacy drive-thru in a white Toyota.
When Randall C. Lewis, 41, was located, he asked the manager if he could pay for the stolen items. The manager told police Lewis had been barred from Walmart properties in February for allegedly stealing at a Monroe store.
A records check revealed Lewis was wanted on a warrant from Third Judicial District Court in Union Parish for illegal possession of stolen things. Lewis was arrested and taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center where he was booked for theft, entering premises after being forbidden (criminal trespass), and the Union Parish warrant.
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