The court showed leniency to two young women from Cassada Gardens who were arrested for shoplifting at Epicurean Supermarket on Friars Hill Road, discharging them after they pleaded guilty and apologized.

The defendants, ages 22 and 19, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Dexter Wason on Monday, June 23, facing larceny charges stemming from an incident that took place around 9:45 pm on Thursday, June 19.

The items included a sandwich maker, calculator and items to make sandwiches.

The supermarket’s security supervisor had reported that the pair left the store without paying for grocery items. A uniformed police officer stationed at the location stopped the suspects near the exit, where one woman acknowledged having unpaid merchandise in her possession when confronted.

During court proceedings, the 22-year-old explained that she had recently begun working at a gas station and needed the items, while the 19-year-old stated she had broken her mother’s sandwich maker and planned to replace it.