A suspect previously wanted by Egg Harbor Township Police for shoplifting at Boscov's at the Shore Mall was arrested Friday after trying to shoplift from the same store again.

The Egg Harbor Township Police Department says the suspect shoplifted items from the store and left the store in a vehicle later stopped by officers. Both occupants in the vehicle were taken into custody.

According to a press release,

Arrested were Shawn Higgins, 50,from Atlantic City, and 
Brittany Somers, 28, Ocean City. Higgins was charged 
with 2 counts of shoplifting and was lodged in the Atlantic County
Justice Facility on narcotics charges out of the Atlantic County 
Sheriff’s Department. Somers was charged with possession of drug
paraphernalia, possession of a hypodermic needle, possession of marijuana 
under 50 grams and conspiracy to commit shoplifting. Somers was released 
on a summons with a date to appear in court.

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