Whipple takes bite to stop crime at Pioneer Market
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October 10, 2018
PICKING UP THE PIECES – Pioneer Market manager Barry Whipple cleaned up after his scuffle with a shoplifter about 8:25 a.m. Saturday. His arm was bit. She got a ride to the Sheriff’s Office. – Photo by Ken Stern
There was a bit of excitement Saturday morning at Pioneer Market. Manager Barry Whipple scuffled with a shoplifter. She did not go quietly into the Sheriff’s vehicle. Whipple was bit on his left bicep before she was subdued.
The call came into the 911 office at 8:32 a.m. A Skagit County Sheriff’s SUV with lights flashing and siren on soon pulled into the market.
“The shoplifter got a little crazy,” said Whipple. “She is probably on her way to jail. She really went berserk”, he said.
Whipple stopped her as she was walking out of the store. A n employee had seen her put something in her bag and called him.
Whipple emphasized that “we are having a really bad theft problem and are not letting anything slide. Everybody will be prosecuted.” He said they were catching repeat offenders and commented, “I do hate shoplifters.”
Change scattered on the floor by the candy and magazine rack had spilled from the woman’s purse. After Officer Josh Struiksma finished questioning Whipple and another staff person and left, Whipple started picking up candy spilled in aisle two.
By 9:05 a.m. the mess on the floor and the bite on Whipple’s arm were the only signs of the crime.
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