D’Iberville Police accuse 2 women of shoplifting multiple Academy Sports stores across Southeast

D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WLOX) – D’Iberville Police Chief Shannon Nobles said officers arrested Cristina Pantelica, 37, and Alandro Badanac, 19, on felony shoplifting charges.

Chief Nobles said police first received a shoplifting complaint at Academy Sports and Outdoors on March 17.

Nobles said officers discovered Pantelica and Badanac stole $5,089.84 worth of merchandise from Academy Sports, and that the two women are accused of shoplifting from various Academy Sports stores across the Southeast.

According to officials, the suspects returned to the D’Iberville Academy store on April 27, and were eventually arrested by police.

Chief Nobles said both Pantelica and Badanac were born in Romania and claim residency in Houston, Texas.

Both women are now placed on an ICE hold and held without bond on immigration charges.

As for the shoplifting charges, Judge Albert Fountain gave each woman a $100,000 bond.

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