3 Arrested For Shoplifting In Abingdon

ABINGDON, MD — Three suspects are in custody after sheriff's deputies say they embarked upon a shoplifting spree in Abingdon and were found to have drugs in their possession.

On April 17 around 4 p.m., Harford County sheriff's deputies were called to a retail store located on Constant Friendship Boulevard in Abingdon for a reported theft that had just happened. Deputies spoke with the store's loss prevention team, which reported that three men had stolen merchandise from the store before leaving in a vehicle and pulling into the parking lot of another nearby retail store, according to the sheriff's office.

Responding deputies found the vehicle unoccupied at that store and began looking for the suspects. In that store, deputies found one suspect leaving with unpaid merchandise. Deputies outside found the other two suspects and all three men were detained.

The investigation revealed that the suspects had worked together to steal more than $1,600 of merchandise from one store and in excess of $800 of merchandise from the second store.

The suspects have been identified as Raymond Mclemore the 4th, 38, from Rising Sun; Wallace Johnson, Jr., 63, from Baltimore; and John McCauley Jr., 45, from White Marsh.

Mclemore, who initially provided a fake name, was wearing a jersey that he admitted stealing from the second store. While searching the suspect vehicle for merchandise, deputies found narcotics and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. All three suspects were arrested and taken to the Detention Center. Mclemore and Johnson were held without bond. McCauley was released on an unsecured bond, according to the sheriff's office.