Ohio pair arraigned for theft at Dick’s Sporting Goods

Suspects have extensive criminal histories, police say

Two Ohio residents were arraigned on retail fraud charges April 15 after police say they took nearly $3,000 worth of apparel from a Chesterfield Township sporting goods store.

At about 5:40 p.m. April 14, Chesterfield Township police were called to the Dick’s Sporting Goods store on Waterside Drive for a retail fraud in progress. Officers arrived at the store and discovered the suspects, described as a black female and a black male, had left in a white Chevrolet Malibu. Police said the male fled the store with a large black hockey bag stuffed with high-valued apparel while the female held the store’s automatic front door open.

The Chevrolet was located parked in a handicapped parking spot in front of a nearby business, and the described suspects were located walking near the vehicle. After confirming they matched the suspect description using surveillance video from Dick’s Sporting Goods, they were taken into custody for the retail fraud.

Police were able to recover the name-brand apparel that was stolen, valued at about $2,821.

Additional property valued at about $3,350 was also found in the vehicle. Police believe that property was stolen from the Dick’s Sporting Goods in Roseville earlier that day.

The two suspects, identified by police as Terrell Anderson, 37, and Jveyon Palmer, 23, both of Toledo, Ohio, were transported to the Macomb County Jail on the charge of felony retail fraud.

They were arraigned at the 42-2 District Court in New Baltimore on charges of first-degree retail fraud and first-degree conspiracy to commit retail fraud. Both received a $750 bond and have been released from the county jail pending court.

While continuing to investigate the case the next day, Chesterfield Township police detectives discovered the same two people were responsible for attempting to steal more than $2,500 in merchandise in Utica and are being investigated by Troy police in connection to multiple thefts estimated to be valued at more than $10,000.

Police said both have extensive criminal histories in Ohio, including robbery, burglary and assaults.