Samuel Powell , John Herbert Barton, and Tina Smith were arrested after allegedly shoplifting $6,600 in power tools at Center Township store.

This is an excerpt from a larger article that appears in Tuesday's Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print to read the full article.Two Ohio men are accused of shoplifting more than $6,000 in power tools Sunday evening at a Clearview Mall store in Center Township, authorities said.The pair allegedly made their getaway from the Rural King in a sport utility vehicle driven by one of the suspects' girlfriend.John Herbert Barton, no age given, of Martins Ferry and Samuel T. Powell, 29, of East Liverpool later fled the vehicle and ran into the woods in nearby Butler Township, state police said, but troopers eventually caught them.At the vehicle, police said, they found Barton's girlfriend, Tina L. Smith, 45, of Salineville, Ohio, with the reportedly stolen tools inside. Also inside were Smith's three young children. Troopers suspect she was impaired on drugs.Smith was arraigned on a felony charge of conspiracy to commit retail theft, stemming from the alleged shoplifting incident. She is charged separately with driving under the influence of a controlled substance and reckless endangerment, both misdemeanors, and two traffic violations.

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