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By MICHAEL HEINBACH shopped some more in the store. She port released the following day, the lost in the past, like phones or things
michael@masoncoun com came back to the front to make another alleged victim did phone less than an like that, someone's always turned it
purchase and that's when she couldn't hour later to report it. into the cashier."
An unidentified female customer atfind her wallet," said Treasures store Treasures, owned and operated by Treasures had already planned to
Treasures Thrift Store in downtownmanager Pat O eefe, who said the the Mason General Hospital Founda- redesign the inside of the store in order
Shelton reported to store employees reported victim is a regular customer tion, installed video surveillance career- to make it easier to see down the aisles
that her wallet had gone missing early at the store. "All my crew immediate- as less than 18 months ago, and though with hopes of preventing shoplifting,
last Thursday afternoon, ly went out looking for the wallet and shoplifting remains a problem accord- but O eefe believes that businesses
After the wallet was quickly foundfound it sitting underneath one of the ing to O'Keefe, he's never seen a similar like Treasures can only do so much in
by a member of the store's staff vain- racks and handed it back to her." incident at the store during his tenure, hopes of preventing in-store crime.
utes later, the woman claimed at least According to O'Keefe, who has "As far as I know, no one has stolen "There's not a lot that you can do,"
$20 had been taken from her wallet, worked at Treasures since March 2015, a wallet," said O'Keefe. "But all stores he said. "We're going to make it so you
but nothing else was removed, the alleged victim didn't want the po- have shoplifting problems -- we're no can see a little down the aisles a little
"She made a purchase, she got her lice called. However, according to the different -- and that's why we have easier, but we can't lock the place down
wallet back, she walked around andMason County Sheriffs Office call re- cameras. Everything that's ever been and search everybody here."
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By MICHAEL HEINBACH
michael@masoncoun com
The Mason County Sheriffs Of-
fice has made great strides in helping Photo courtesy of the Mason County
clean up the county's reads, but not Sheriff's Office
only when it comes to crime. Using the Litter Crew vehicle, the
The department's Litter Crew pro-Mason County Sheriff's Office
gram has been busy clearing debris has recovered more than 75,000
throughout the county and from the pounds of litter this year,
beginning of the year through June
collected 75,460 pounds of garbage the Litter Crew program, though not
from county roadways, traditionally a mandate of the Sher-
"The Litter Crew program efforts iffs Office, due to the department's ef-
have a direct impact on the physical fort to partner with the community to
and environmental safety of our coun- support public safety.
ty," Sheriff Casey Salisbury said in a The Litter Crew is comprised of one
news release issued Monday. "We are staff member and inmates on trustee
doing our part to be good stewards of status at the Mason County Jail, en-
our communitY, abling inmates to assist the commu-
Salisbury committed to continue nity while serving their sentences.
,ng repo
incl
By MICHAEL HEINBACH morning. "It was good to see the people
michael@masoncountycom stepping up in helping police the area.
Let's face it, we can't be everywhere
Shelton Police Chief Darrin Moody at once, so getting that kind of help is
was pleased to see instant results after good for us and it's good for them."
meeting with several groups that use The soccer omplex and surround-
the Loop Field athletic facility in Shel- ing area has increasingly become of
ton last week. more concern lately as incidents have
The department met with a number increased.
of community groups with hopes of cur- With that in mind, Moody requested
tailing the recent rise in the need for the most frequent users of Loop Field
a police presence at the West Franklin become more vigilant in reporting what
Street complex, they see before it escalates further, as
On Sunday, citizens using the soccer it did the previous weekend when two
field and residents nearby helped curb men were stabbed July 30.
further suspicious behaviors by mak- "When they get more involved, they
ing at least three calls to authorities, can help us get more involved," Moody
"We received calls that stemmed said. "With a little cooperation between
from parking violations to alcohol vio- the users of the field and the depart-
lations to a DUI report that resulted ment, we hope to see less activity
in an arrest," Moody said Tuesday there."
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