A man has pleaded guilty to 23 offences following crime spree in Crawley.
Officers from the Tactical Enforcement Unit attended an address in Meridian Close, Crawley on 13 April to arrest Adrian Walker, who was wanted for a number of shopliftings.
The incidents took place between 30 August 2023 and 9 April in Crawley. A total of 19 of the thefts were from Co-op, Dorsten Square, Bewbush.
The total value of items he stole is £1463.23.
Walker, 50, of Meridian Close, Crawley, admitted to 22 counts of shoplifting and one count of theft from a property when he appeared before Crawley Magistrates’ Court on 15 April. He has been released on unconditional bail.
He was also handed an interim Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO), prohibiting him from entering any Co-op or Morrisons Daily in Sussex, or any retail store in Dorsten, Square. Walker also has to leave a premisis in Sussex if the owner requests him to leave.
Sergeant Andy Bryant, of the Tactical Enforcement Unit, said: “Several teams have worked extremely hard to build this case. There were a lot of moving parts and I am glad that Walker has been convicted for the distress he has caused shopworkers across the town.
“I hope justice will be served to Walker. That way, it will show others who are thinking of shoplifting, that we will hold you accountable.”
He is due to be sentenced on 22 April.
