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Man racks up 70th arrest, this time for shoplifting at South Euclid Walmart

The man was caught trying to flee with several cuts of packaged meats, and told officers he planned to sell them to restaurants at half of normal face value.

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio — Police have arrested a shoplifting suspect in Cuyahoga County, and let's just say he has quite the rap sheet.

The Walmart Supercenter in South Euclid first called officers last Thursday, saying a man left the store with both a suitcase and a shopping cart filled with various meats and did not pay for them. After putting everything that couldn't fit in the suitcase inside a dumpster, he fled the area but was eventually apprehended by officers at an RTA bus stop across the street.

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According to authorities, the suspect was identified as 62-year-old Mason Hart Jr. of Garfield Heights, and he told officers he had planned to sell the meat to restaurants at half normal face value. Upon further review, Hart was found to have "several" active warrants against him, and this marked the 70th arrest in his lifetime.

Hart was charged and booked for theft, and has since been banned from the South Euclid Walmart. Police claim he confessed to actually stealing the meat in order to sell it for narcotics.

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