Two suspects identified in Wal-Mart smash and grab

Posted 11/7/19

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Two suspects identified in Wal-Mart smash and grab

Posted Thursday, November 7, 2019 5:15 pm

Two Lincoln County residents were caught on tape during a Sept. 29 incident in which the suspects used a sledgehammer to break a security alarm off an emergency exit door at the Warrenton Wal-Mart, disarmed the alarm and removed over $1,900 of products from the store.A Wal-Mart employee alerted Warrenton police to the incident several days later and provided camera footage showing one male and one female involved in the theft, according to documents from the county prosecutor’s office. The suspects used a cart to push the items to a green Ford pickup and left the area with them.Upon reviewing information from another theft from a Wal-Mart in Lake Saint Louis, authorities identified William J. Hodge, 53, and Heather Fisher, 33, both of Foley, as suspects in the theft. Photographs of the two provided by the Missouri Department of Revenue match the persons seen in the video from the Warrenton Wal-Mart, according to police.Hodge is charged with first-degree property damage and theft of property between $500 and $25,000, both felonies. He is in custody on a $15,000 bond and had an arraignment scheduled for April 12 at the Warren County Circuit Court. Hodge also has pending theft charges from St. Peters and Wentzville, as well as pending felony drug charges from Wright City and Truesdale.Fisher is charged with receiving stolen property, a felony. She was not in custody at press time.

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Two suspects identified in Wal-Mart smash and grab