POLICE ARREST WOMAN FOR STEALING PLACARD


By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

LINCOLNTON – By law, a vehicle that parks in a handicapped space needs to display a placard. Generally, those placards hang on a rear view mirror. However, a Lincolnton woman has been charged with stealing a placard from a vehicle at Wal-Mart on North Generals Boulevard Friday afternoon.

Around 2 p.m., officers were called to the store to reports that Jacqueline Elaine Caldwell, 31, of 113 Thornwood Lane, Stanley, had reached into a pickup and taken a placard.

Officer R.D. McCalister said he found Caldwell inside the store with the placard in her pocketbook.

“She told me she thought it was her uncle’s pickup truck,” said McCalister. “She said she wanted to borrow the placard from him.”

Caldwell was taken to the Magistrate’s Office on a felony charge of larceny from a motor vehicle. She was given a $5,500 unsecured bond and released.

Police say while not common in Lincolnton, sometimes placards can be easily removed from vehicles.

Officer McCalister has advice for motorists who have the placards.

“Keep your vehicle locked,” said McCalister.

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