Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Sam Eric Haywood, Jr., 36, was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing $375 in snow crab clusters from Publix; he was in a Drug Court treatment program for three previous theft cases.
The responding Gainesville Police Department officer reported that at about 1:23 p.m. on July 19, Haywood went to the Publix at NW 13th Street and NW 39th Avenue and asked for snow crab clusters valued at $374.44. Haywood reportedly placed the items in a cart and walked around the store; a store manager reportedly followed Haywood and saw him leave the cart in the store and walk out. The manager said that Haywood got into a vehicle and then got back out and walked back into the store…