Two People Arrested In Two Separate Shoplifting Cases On Thursday

On Thursday afternoon Officer Daniel Ray of the Manchester Police Department along with investigators and other officers responded to call concerning shoplifting at Wal Mart. According to the police report, the store’s loss prevention department stated that a male suspect ran from security. The suspect was seen across the street running behind the BP Station. Officer Ray saw the suspect making his way to the Truckers Inn next door to the BP. The man ran into room 103 of Truckers Inn. After two attempts to kick in the door with the suspect pressing against the door Ray was able to enter the room. Manchester officers were able to subdue the man in the bathroom where they found 13 Percucet tablets. Officer Ray arrested Samuel B Fults age 42 of 2495 Hillsboro Blvd (Truckers Inn). Fults was transported to the Coffee County Jail and charged with resisting arrest and possession of Schedule II.
In the meantime, in a separate case Officer Landon Pence took 62 year-old Mary Lois White, also of room 103 Truckers Inn, into custody for shoplifting from Wal Mart. She was transported to the Coffee County Jail and charged with shoplifting.