Two Lincoln Parish men were charged last week with “grab-and-go” thefts at area Dollar General stores.
Jeremey D. Hardyway, 28, of Ruston, and Dominque D. Richards, 32, were charged with stealing large amounts of merchandise from a Ouachita Parish business in the same manner other north Louisiana stores experienced recently.
The Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office said the men entered the West Monroe Dollar General on Glen Acres Road on October 11. They filled two buggies with merchandise then placed the items into two large trash cans and ran away from the store.
On October 13, a similar crime occurred at the Dollar General at 3052 Highway 80 West in Calhoun.
The company’s regional manager told OPSO investigators the suspects had stolen from Dollar General locations in Ruston and Farmerville.
With the assistance of Lincoln Parish investigators, OPSO officials were able to identify the suspects as Hardyway and Richards. The two men were arrested October 15 and booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center on two counts of felony theft.
Bail was set at $10,000 for each man.
This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named or shown in photographs or video as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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