The 9-year-old was released to his father while the 18-year-old teen was charged.
TRENTON - A woman is accused of making using her 9-year-old brother to shoplift $80 worth of items from a Trenton supermarket, police said.
Jasmine WilliamsThe woman, Jasmine Williams, 18, was charged with employing a juvenile in a crime and shoplifting Tuesday after an incident that evening. Police said they were called to the Trenton Food Bazaar Supermarket on 653 South Clinton Avenue around 5 p.m. Tuesday for a report of shoplifting.
There, they found employees at the supermarket had Williams and her 9-year-old brother in custody. Employees told police Williams had used her young brother to help shoplift $80.21 worth of various items from the store. Police did not know which items had been taken Wednesday.
The boy was released to his father and Williams was charged after the incident, police said.
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