21-year-old Warren Spears was seen stealing “fake weed” from the Evolve Smoke Shop on University Avenue at 1:41 a.m. on June 5th. Officers responded to an alarm call at the shop, and when they arrived, they immediately noticed the smoke shop’s rear door shattered by a brick. Following this, they contacted the business owner, Ankeet Patel, who came to inventory the shop. The owner told officers that two bags of THCA valued at $1200 were missing from a showcase. Surveillance footage of Spears showed he had broken the rear window, ran inside to the showcase, and grabbed the bag of THCA. During the officers’ investigation, Spear was identified as the suspect who had broken into the business. On June 12th, officers contacted Spears at his Madison Street apartment, where he confessed to breaking the back door glass with a painted brick and stealing a bag of “fake weed.” Spears stated that he needed the money and sold the fake weed for $200. Spears was then taken into custody for burglary.
