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How does someone steal thousands of dollars worth of dairy products from a drug store in just three weeks?
That’s the question on many minds as an Alberta man faces charges for doing just that.
Between Aug. 8 and Aug. 30, Lethbridge police said a man went into the Shoppers Drug Mart along the 500 block of 1 Avenue South numerous times and stole “significant quantities of ice cream and milk.”
Police said the the total value of the stolen goods was estimated between $2,000 and $3,000. Police did not say how the suspect managed to steal that much dairy in so little time.
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Video surveillance images of the suspect were sent to police.
On Aug. 30, officers were on patrol when they spotted a man matching the description of the the dairy thief, and arrested him.
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Lethbridge man James St. Pierre Eagle Tail Feathers, 18, was charged with 10 counts of theft under $5,000.
Eagle Tail Feathers was released from custody with conditions not to go to the Park Place Mall or any Shoppers Drug Mart locations.
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On Sept. 10, the accused was found in breach of his release conditions and arrested again.
Eagle Tail Feathers was remanded in custody and was scheduled to appear in court on Friday.
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