Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Ashley Gibson Crews, 43, and Anastasia Renea Collier, 26, were arrested yesterday after allegedly stealing over $900 in merchandise from Target; Crews is expected to be charged with at least seven other thefts.
A Gainesville Police Department detective reported that Loss Prevention Officers (LPO) at Target (3970 SW Archer Road) said Crews had committed “push-out” thefts at the store at least seven times in the past month. The LPOs said they had been trying to get officers to respond to the store when Crews was there so they could stop the “constant thefts,” and at 4:30 p.m. on January 15, officers responded to the store while Crews and another woman were there…