Perry Township police arrested a Perry Township woman and a Massillon man after she reportedly put a jar of pickles in her pants.

PERRY TWP.

Township police arrested two people leaving a local store after one put a jar of pickles in her pants and left without paying for it, according to Stark County Jail records.

Police were called to a store on Tuscarawas Street W after the woman took the pickles, valued at $2.79, the jail records said.

They said they later found her and a man already on parole for robbery walking on Pershing Avenue NW.

A 40-year-old township woman, and Brian M. Balala, 46, of 61 Chester Ave. SE in Massillon, were arrested at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday on Pershing, Stark County Jail records said. She was charged with misdemeanor theft and Balala was charged with robbery. The Repository does not usually name misdemeanor crime suspects.

Details about the incident were not listed in the jail records.

Chief Michael Pomesky could not be reached for comment early Thursday.

Stark County court records show the woman is awaiting trial on an unrelated misdemeanor charge of misuse of credit card.

Balala is on parole for a 2012 robbery conviction, according to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction records. He remained in the jail early Thursday, held in lieu of $100,000 bond.

The woman was released on her own recognizance Wednesday night pending a hearing in Massillon Municipal Court.

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