A woman caught exiting a store with numerous items she didn’t pay for was arrested last Friday. A deputy said he also found meth in her purse. She allegedly said her brother put all those things in there.

Linda Rene Jordan, 52, of rural Bloomington, was arrested last Friday evening, November 8, by Deputy David Elmore of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department.

Deputy Elmore was dispatched to the CVS Pharmacy in Bloomfield after a store employee reported a woman in a turquoise coat was putting items in her purse. The suspect was later identified as Jordan.

When Deputy Elmore arrived, Jordan was still inside the store, but he noticed a car leaving the lot. Jordan later told the deputy that was her car leaving and the driver was her brother. The brother, identified as Lloyd Turpin, had a warrant out for his arrest and was taken into custody a couple of days later.

When Jordan did exit the store, in a turquoise coat, the deputy confronted her about items in her purse. He said she told him her brother had placed the items in her purse.

Deputy Elmore reported the items in Jordan’s purse included two wall chargers, two cable cords, a couple of air freshener sprays, a WG Duel USB 3.1 and some over-the-counter pharmacy medications. Another item was found in a jacket pocket. He also reported finding a glass smoking pipe that field-tested positive for methamphetamine. Jordan alleged that her brother had also put the drug-related items in her purse.

According to Deputy Elmore, Jordan has a previous conviction for theft in Monroe County in 2016.

The estimated value of all items recovered was $113.42.

Jordan was booked into the Greene County Jail where she was being held without bond pending her appearance in court for an initial hearing on preliminary charges of:

Possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony,
Theft, with a prior conviction for either theft or conversion, a Level 6 felony, and
Possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.