Shortly after stealing two portable Yeti soft coolers from Dick’s Sporting Goods at 380 S. Lycoming Mall Road in Muncy Township, on June 16, Clinton James Cooper, 31, of Shickshinny, Luzerne County, sold them for half price in order to support his drug habit, township police alleged in an affidavit. “Cooper admitted to having a drug addiction and that the reason he stole the coolers (total value of $424) was to support his addiction,” the affidavit stated. Charged with misdemeanor shoplifting and receiving stolen property, Cooper has waived his preliminary hearing before District Judge Kirsten Gardner and is free on $5,000 bail.

In another case, Nichole Lee Barnes, 33, of 2135 W. Third St., has been charged with misdemeanor shoplifting for stealing $297 worth of merchandise from the Weis Market at 1440 Allegheny St. in Jersey Shore between late June and the end of September, it was alleged in an Lycoming Regional police affidavit. Barnes admitted to investigators that she stole the items because she “was struggling financially.” She has waived her preliminary hearing before District Judge Denise Dieter and is free on $15,000 bail.