Marietta store manager reported a shoplifter. An hour later, he was in custody

Marietta store manager reported a shoplifter. An hour later, he was in custody

A liquor store manager was arrested, just an hour after he called Marietta police to report a shoplifter.

"Shoplifting" case in Marietta takes bizarre zig-zag

By Mark Woolsey Marietta police say in a bizarre turn of events, two men originally labeled shoplifting “victims” turned out to be armed robbery suspects Sunday night. Police were called to a liquor store on Franklin Gateway, about 6 p.m., on a shoplifting report. The store manager, a 31-year-old Smyrna man, told police that a 32-year-old Acworth resident, who had previously shoplifted from them, was back in the store. Officers issued the Acwort…