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Two Lancaster youths charged with grand larceny
Perry County Juvenile authorities transferred two 17 year olds to day care after they were charged with grand larceny. At Merdock's Tavern in New Straitsville they allegedly took a $150 pocketbook from Sue Wintermute. A bystander spotted the theft, gave police the license number, and the pair were arrested an hour later in Lancaster. The billfold was recovered. the pocketbook was missing. The youths were brought to New Lexington then returned to Fairfield County.
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Lancaster
Perry County
Tom Wilson
Wilson
Merdock’s
New Straitsville
Sue Wintermute
New Lexington
Fairfield County
Perry County Common Pleas Court
New Lex
Joseph M. Kopis
Western Electric
Lucy B. Joseph
Shawnee
Douglas Dwight Householder
Linda Kay Colborn
Rickie L. Taylor
Thornville
Loretta Sheppard
Glenford
Douglas E. Price
Newark
Ohio
Larry Wayne Searles