Police arrested two people accused of shoplifting at Sweet Home Thriftway in separate incidents last week after store employees confronted and followed them.
Using a Linn County Sheriff’s Office search dog, Sweet Home police arrested Matthew Allen Pitts, 29, for second-degree robbery after a pursuit into the woods behind the Veterans Club, 580 Main St., on June 13.
A caller reported that a male had taken two sausage sticks worth about $10 from Thriftway, 621…