Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Emanuel Lee Brown Jr., 41, has been charged in a December 20 shoplifting incident that occurred just two days after he missed a hearing for three previous shoplifting incidents; the officer investigating the December 20 case identified him after seeing his booking photo in Alachua Chronicle.
At about 11 a.m. on December 20, Brown and an unidentified co-defendant allegedly walked out of the Publix at 5200 SW 34th Street with a cart full of merchandise valued at $165.58. A store employee went outside and asked them if they wanted bags, and the co-defendant said they did not need any; the employee then collected shopping carts while noting the tag number of the vehicle used by the two suspects…