Peachtree City

police caught two suspects with over $3,000 in stolen property taken from

the Eckerd drug store on Ga. Highway 54 near Peachtree Parkway last week.

The suspects

were pulled over during a traffic stop Dec. 12 after a citizen reported

a suspicious person in the store. The caller described "what he believed

to be two people stealing from inside the store," according to police.

Police arrested

Matthew Showalter, 30, of Signal Mountain, Tenn., for shoplifting, theft

without insurance. Penny Peterson, 31, of Rossville was arrested for possession

of heroin, shoplifting and giving a false name to a police officer.

Police had

warrants out for Showalter and Peterson already for a similar incident

that occurred at the CVS drug store several weeks before.

Police found

additional items inside the suspects' vehicle that may have been taken

from other stores. Police are working with other jurisdictions in metro

Atlanta to determine the origin of the other property found in the vehicle.

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