Stadium Superette

Another shoplifting incident at the store last night.

While I was working from home and monitoring the cameras, I see this guy. I wasn’t watching the whole time, but did see him right after he put the candy in his pocket. Seemed suspicious.

So I reviewed the footage and saw that he did take something. I called my cashier and said the guy stole but by then the guy left. He locked the store, called police and eventually found him and brought him back under citizens arrest. Since he didn’t damage the candy, was cooperative and we didn’t have time to wait for police, I went with checking to see if he had warrants.

Since I found out he didn’t, we let him go…for now.

People should still be held accountable for their actions. This man seemed able bodied enough to work. Unfortunately, he is and has been involved with drugs. If only he had a support system to get him clean and back on track with life. There should be a 24/7 line we can call to get him into treatment. If someone had a choice between arrest or detox (& true detox not this “you can refuse and be on your way” system we have) then as a business owner and victim, I would be okay if he did the detox as a consequence.

Flashback to the first day our store opened August 8, 2020. Right when we started building it COVID broke out and we were worried we wouldn’t make it. But slowly our customer base started growing as did the things we offered in be store. We didn’t have much money after the cost of the buildout to stock it. We could not have made it this far without our customers and the community around us. Love you all!! 💞