Warren women charged with theft from Sears in Eastwood Mall

NILES — Two Warren women were charged with misdemeanor theft in involving merchandise taken from the Sears department store in the Eastwood Mall.

Ashley J. Frank, 28, of Ohio Avenue Northwest, and Rachel A. Walker, 25, of Clearwater Street Northwest, were charged with the first-degree misdemeanor crimes last week.

Niles police alerted Warren police at 12:38 p.m. Thursday that suspects had stolen a large amount of clothing before getting into a white Pontiac and heading west on Youngstown Road.

Warren police spotted the vehicle on Colonial Street Southeast near the Willard K-8 school and detained the women. They also found two large purses containing Sears merchandise, Niles police said.