MADISONVILLE-Madisonville Police Detective Daniel Dockery spent so much time at Walmart Tuesday, he might as well have done some shopping.

One of his visits led to a drug arrest after a man allegedly tried to walk out of the store with nearly $400 in merchandise without paying.

Dockery said when he arrived at the store, he found the loss prevention officer talking to David Stinnett who had reportedly pushed a full buggy past all the registers without an attempt to pay.

Sitnnett was unable to provide a receipt for the items and when Dockery patted him down, he found two knives still in their original packaging.

Dockery took Stinnett to the Monroe County Jail where a more thorough search turned up four pills believed to be Hydrocodone and a straw with a white residue on it.

See full story in the Sunday, Feb. 17, edition of The Advocate & Democrat.