SPRINGDALE — Police say the recent popularity of extreme couponing led to the theft of 185 newspapers from a Springdale grocery store.
Jamie Vansicker, 34, of Lowell, was charged Aug. 2 with misdemeanor theft of Sunday copies of the Springdale Morning News from the Harps grocery store at Backus Avenue and Thompson Street.
Vansicker confessed to police, saying she didn’t think she was doing anything wrong, according to Springdale Police Department detective Jason Renfrow.
“She didn’t think it wasany big deal what she was doing,” Renfrow said. “It’s this couponing craze.”
Vansicker told police she is in an extreme couponing club, Renfrow said.
The theft cost newspaper carriers $231, said Greg Parker, Northwest Arkansas Newspapers single copy manager.
Community, Pages 6 on 08/10/2011