Get released from jail after serving time for theft. Walk to a store that sells alcohol. Steal a bottle of wine, and a corkscrew. Get arrested, go back to jail. A 26-year-old man accused of those actions is now facing a new charge of theft as a Level 6 felony. Police say a tip on their social media page helped identify the suspect.

Timothy Glen Scott, Jr., 26, was arrested last Thursday, August 8, by Lt. Marvin Holt of the Bloomfield Police Department. Scott had just been released from jail earlier in the day after serving time on a conviction of theft, a Class A misdemeanor.

Lt. Holt responded to a call from an employee at the CVS store in Bloomfield who reported a man, later identified as Scott, was caught on video surveillance taking a bottle of wine and leaving the store without paying for it less than three hours earlier. About two hours and 30 minutes after this occurred, the man was back in the store and the employee followed him to the aisle with alcoholic beverages. When they asked him if he needed help, he left the store, and the employee then called police.

Lt. Holt posted a photo of the man on the BPD’s Facebook page asking if anyone could identify the man from the photo gleaned from video surveillance. Almost immediately, they got a tip. From there, Lt. Holt was able to develop additional information about the whereabouts of the suspect and Holt successfully located him.

During interviews, Scott allegedly said he had just been released from jail and walked to CVS because he was stressed and needed a drink. He allegedly admitted he did take the bottle of wine as well as a phone charger and a corkscrew.

Scott also admitted that he went back to the store the second time because he wanted another bottle of alcohol but he was scared off by the employee.

Lt. Holt said during the interview, Scott also admitted he had gone into the Dollar General store in Bloomfield where he took some food items including an energy drink and a “lunchable” and did not pay for them.

Since Scott has a prior conviction for misdemeanor theft, he was booked in around 8 p.m. on a preliminary charge of theft, a Level 6 felony.

For information about Scott’s previous theft case, the story below was posted on GreeneStreets on Friday, April 12:

Suspect accused of stealing a bicycle, riding it to a store, then shoplifting candy and a beverage

When an LPD officer was dispatched to a Linton store about a shoplifter, the suspect said he was hungry and allegedly admitted he tried to steal candy and a beverage.

Timothy Glen Scott, Jr., 26, of Terre Haute, was arrested by Officer Debbie McDonald of the Linton Police Department on Tuesday morning, April 9.

Officer McDonald was on duty when she was dispatched to CVS in Linton about an attempted theft. When she arrived around 9 a.m., the store manager and the suspect, Scott, were standing at the front of the store.

When McDonald asked them what was going on, Scott allegedly said, “I was hungry, and I tried to steal some food.”

When McDonald asked him how he got to the store, he said on a bicycle. When she asked him if the bicycle was his, he allegedly said, “No, I stole it a few nights ago from Meadow Brook Apartments.”

McDonald reported that on Saturday, April 6, a resident of Meadow Brook Apartments reported to LPD Det. Paul Clark that his black Mongoose mountain bike had been stolen from his porch the night before. After McDonald talked to Scott at the CVS store, LPD returned the bicycle to the owner.

The call alleging Scott had stolen items from the store came after an employee said she saw Scott put candy in the back pocket of his jeans, then pull his shirt down over the pocket. He is also accused of taking a Starbucks Carmel Frappe. The total cost of the two items was $5.65.

Scott was transported and booked in to the Greene County Jail around 10:24 a.m. His bond was set at $2,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed.

Yesterday, on Thursday, April 11, Scott appeared in Greene Superior Court for an initial hearing and was formally charged with two counts of theft, both Class A misdemeanors.