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Shoplifting suspect arrested in boxers
Suffolk man faces 4 charges in theft case
Updated: Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011, 3:24 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011, 1:11 PM EDT
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - Police arrested a Suffolk shoplifter in nothing but his boxer shorts and boots.
41-year-old William Henry James, Jr. is accused of going into the Food Lion in the 1500 block of Holland Road Tuesday evening and stealing eight bags of shrimp.
The suspect was later found leaving the Happy Shopper store on the same block. As police were trying to arrest him, James ran through traffic on Holland Road. Police used a stun gun to apprehend him.
Police say they later found his shorts and the stolen food in the Happy Shopper.
James is charged with being drunk in public and petty larceny, along with 2 other charges.
He was taken to the Western Tidewater Regional Jail.
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