Crime & Safety
Man Tried to Walk Out of Schnucks With $528 in Groceries, Police Say
A security guard confronted Joseph Demarko Bell, who abandoned his cart and left the Ladue store.
A man is accused of trying to push out a cartload of groceries from a Ladue Schnucks store without paying. The items were valued at $528.
Joseph Demarko Bell, 33, of Hazelwood, was charged Monday with felony theft.
Ladue Police said Bell filled a cart with groceries and tried to leave the Schnucks store at 8867 Ladue Road without paying.
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He was confronted by a security guard at the exit, and left the store without the cart, police said. He then got in a car, which drove away. The driver was contacted and identified Bell, who was arrested.
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