PD: Felon With 80 Arrests Stole $777 Worth of Items, Accused Passersby of Theft

The following police reports come from the Middletown Police public information officer. Individuals named here reflect charges filed, never a conviction.

A 52-year-old woman with a long history of convictions, including felonies, shoplifted $777 worth of goods from Stop & Shop and tried to blame two men walking by of stealing her shopping cart, according to Middletown Police.

On Nov. 6 at 3:32 p.m., a woman holding a beer can, standing in the middle of Bow Lane flagged down an officer, saying some men had stolen her shopping car with food and beer, according to the report. 

Police found two men walking on Bow Lane toward a camp set up in the woods, the report indicates, and hadn't taken anything but had helped Marilyn Sweatt, 52, of High Street push her cart down the street.

The cart, police say, was full of unbagged items from Stop & Shop in a cardboard box sitting on top of two 30-packs of Budweiser and Sweatt couldn't provide a store receipt proving she'd purchased the goods. A check of the store's video surveillance, the report says, showed she had stolen the items, valued at $777.44. 

Sweatt, who was charged with fourth-degree larceny, has been convicted of nearly 80 offenses, according to police, and has six misdemeanor charges pending in Middletown Superior Court.

She has been convicted of felonies, including burglary and escape from custody, according to the state judicial system.

Last September, she was arrested for disorderly conduct after reportedly kicking a paramedic so hard in the chest it knocked the wind out of him.

Last December, Sweatt allegedly threatened to "slit the throat of nurses" at the hospital and was later picked up by police on a failure to appear charge.

In February, Sweatt was charged with punching a woman outside the soup kitchen.