Tailer Smith/Caldwell County mugshot
A Hopkinsville man has been arrested following a series of shoplifting incidents at two businesses in Princeton.
Assistant Princeton Police Chief Shane Allison reported officers received a call from Walmart’s loss prevention team Tuesday morning regarding a man who had shoplifted a Hart tool set. After being given a description of the suspect and his vehicle, officers reportedly found him at the Circle K on South Jefferson Street.
Upon making contact with the suspect, identified as 35-year-old Tailer Smith, officers observed a Hart tool set box in the back seat of his vehicle, along with a pawn receipt from Princeton Pawn Shop. Police later confirmed that the tool set was found and recovered from the pawn shop.
According to police, a records check revealed Smith had previously shoplifted from Walmart on two occasions, March 7 and April 28, and was also a suspect in a shoplifting incident at Falders on April 11.
Smith was taken into custody and charged with four counts of shoplifting. He was lodged in the Caldwell County Jail.
