Cobourg Police – Female Charged with Theft and Related Offences

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The Cobourg Police Service has charged an adult female with a number of offences as a result of a shoplifting incident at a local retail store.

On Monday the 4th of March 2019, a female was observed shoplifting in a local business. When confronted by store employees, the female brandished a knife at an employee before fleeing the scene. The employee was uninjured as a result of the altercation. Police located and arrested the female suspect a short time later.

22 year old Ashley Scriver is charged with Theft under $5000, Possession of Property obtained by Crime, Assault with a Weapon as well as Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose.

Ashley Scriver was released on a Promise to Appear and an Undertaking with conditions and given an adult court date of the 24th of April 2019.

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