Crime & Safety

Winder Woman who Admitted Pouring Wine in Soda Bottle and Hiding it in Her Purse at Publix in February Arrested Again

The 49-year-old woman again faces a charge of theft by shoplifting and is this time accused of attempted to steal more than $400 in merchandise from Ingles in Winder.

A at a local supermarket after she admitted to police she had poured wine into a Sprite bottle and concealed it in her purse was arrested again March 10, 2012.

Mary Suzette Wright, 49, of 122 E. Kimball St., was arrested and charged with theft by shoplifting a second time after an employee, who pursued the suspect when she ran from the store, accused her of stealing assorted grocery items from the Winder supermarket.

According to an incident report completed by an officer with the , Wright was located jogging through a yard on Wisteria Drive.Β 

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"I shouted to the female to stop ... The female looked over her right shoulder and continued to run away from me," the officer wrote in the report. "I quickly caught up with the female and controlled her right arm, then placing her into handcuffs double locking them."

The Ingles employee who had given chase identified Wright as the accused shoplifter.

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When the officer told Wright she was under arrest for shoplifting, she responded, "I didn't do it, I gave it all back."

According to the incident report, Wright had attempted to steal $422.36 worth of merchandise.

On Feb. 21, 2012, a Winder police officer was dispatched to the at the Winder Corners shopping center in reference to a report of a shoplifter. According to the store's loss prevention officer, the suspect, identified as Wright, had attempted to steal approximately $11 in merchandise. The employee said he observed the woman take a sub sandwich to the restroom, along with a bottle of wine, before eating half the sandwich and throwing the empty wine bottle into a trash can.

According to an incident report, Wright told the officer she did not drink the wine but put it into a Sprite bottle inside her purse. She was placed under arrest for theft by shoplifting and transported to the Barrow County Detention Center.


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